WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said they are looking for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run that happened in Wesley Chapel on Sunday night.
FHP said the vehicle was traveling southbound on Boyette Road, north of Vienna Woods Lane, when it struck a 39-year-old man walking along the southbound edge of the road. Officials said the driver fled the scene while the victim suffered fatal injuries.
FHP said the victim was found by a passerby just before 7 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 17.
Authorities believe the vehicle was either a Toyota 4Runner or a similar SUV type.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call FHP or Crime Stoppers.
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