Times staff
Monday, February 20, 2012
TAMPA — A man died Monday night after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near Progress Village, authorities said.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it received a call at 8:56 p.m. about a body in the road outside 7937 Fir Drive.
When deputies arrived, they found a dead adult man who investigators determined to have been struck by a vehicle. They blocked off the roadway while the crash was being investigated.
The name of the dead pedestrian had not been released, and information about the vehicle involved was not available.