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Victim named in fatal weekend crash in Port Richey

 
Published May 17, 2017

Doreen Bergmann, 56, of New Port Richey was walking on the shoulder of U.S. 19 south of Embassy Boulevard about 4:30 a.m. when Craig Thompson, 57, of Pinellas Park lost control of his 2000 Saturn sedan and hit her.

Thompson then fled the scene, according to the FHP. He was found later near Fox Hollow Drive and El Camino Real Avenue, less than a mile north of the wreck.

Thompson was charged with DUI manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana.