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Overturned, empty SUV found in water off Causeway Boulevard in Tampa

 
Published Aug. 24, 2016

An overturned SUV was found in the water around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday morning in the area of South 22nd Street and Causeway Boulevard in Tampa, police said.

The car was unoccupied, according to the Tampa police dive team.

The owner, who was found in Lakeland, told police she let a friend borrow her car to pick up someone in Tampa. The owner's friend told her she left the car running while she visited a Tampa residence and when she went outside the car was gone, officials said.

The friend returned to Lakeland before filing a police report, officials said.