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Pedestrian dies in Clearwater hit-and-run crash, police say

The crash happened just after 5 a.m. in the 1400 block of Sunset Point Road.
 
The Clearwater Police Department closed Sunset Point Road between Kings Highway and Highland Avenue Tuesday morning to investigate a crash that killed a pedestrian.
The Clearwater Police Department closed Sunset Point Road between Kings Highway and Highland Avenue Tuesday morning to investigate a crash that killed a pedestrian. [ Times ]
Published March 28

A pedestrian died early Tuesday after the driver of a vehicle hit him on a Clearwater road and left the scene, police said.

The crash happened about shortly after 5 a.m. on the 1400 block of Sunset Point Road, according to the the Clearwater Police Department. Police said a person driving a vehicle in the area hit a man and drove away.

The man was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg and died there.

Sunset Point Road was closed between Kings Highway and Highland Avenue as of 6:30 a.m. while police investigated. No other information has been released