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ST. PETERSBURG — A dump truck driver struck and killed a 37-year-old St. Petersburg woman who stepped into his path Monday morning on Interstate 275 in south St. Petersburg, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The collision occurred about 9:20 a.m. near the 26th Avenue South exit.
The driver, a 57-year-old Tampa man, was headed north on I-275 when the woman stepped in front of him for unknown reasons, the Highway Patrol said.
Their names were not released.
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