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Missouri man hit, killed crossing Clearwater street

 
Published March 15, 2015

CLEARWATER — A 57-year-old Missouri man died Friday night after being struck by a pickup while crossing S Gulfview Boulevard, authorities said.

Riccardo Carlos Moreno was walking in a crosswalk near Clearwater Beach around 5 p.m. with his daughter Friday, authorities said. One car stopped for them in the 600 block of S Gulfview Boulevard.

Brock Michael Troutman, the pickup driver, did not. Troutman, 32, of Tampa missed the daughter but hit Moreno, who was airlifted to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, authorities said.

He died that night after sustaining his injuries.