{"id":16880,"date":"2023-05-01T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=16880"},"modified":"2023-05-01T23:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:57:55","slug":"breaking-news-update-apopka-man-involved-in-hit-and-run-collision-on-441-pedestrian-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=16880","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News Update: Apopka man involved in hit-and-run collision on 441;  pedestrian dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded this morning to a collision that killed a pedestrian in Orange County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FHP report, at approximately 12:10 a.m. Saturday, an unknown vehicle described as a pickup truck was traveling northbound on US-441 near the intersection of Rosamond Drive in the inside lane.  At the same time, a 63-year-old Orlando man was walking eastbound and entered the northbound lanes of the Orange Blossom Trail.  The pedestrian entered the direct path of the pick-up truck and was hit by the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>After the collision, the pickup truck continued traveling on Orange Blossom Trail.  The pedestrian was now lying in the inside lane. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the collision, a 2016 Toyota Tacoma, driven by a 74-year-old Apopka man, was traveling northbound on the OBT when he saw the pedestrian, attempted to swerve to miss, but crashed into with him.<\/p>\n<p>The second driver was not injured and remained at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the pedestrian died from injuries sustained in the crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the vehicle that was hit was a white or silver Chevy Silverado, but could not provide any other description of the vehicle or the driver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT FHP AT 407-737-2213 OR <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRIMES<\/a> AT 1-800-423-TIPS.  THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an update on breaking news and may be updated again if more details become known.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkavoice.com\/stories\/updating-breaking-news-apopka-man-involved-in-hit-and-run-collision-on-441-pedestrian-dies,44538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded this morning to a collision that killed a pedestrian in Orange County. According to the FHP report, at approximately 12:10 a.m. Saturday, an unknown vehicle described as a pickup truck was traveling northbound on US-441 near the intersection of Rosamond Drive in the inside lane. At the same time, a 63-year-old Orlando man was walking eastbound and entered the northbound lanes of the Orange Blossom Trail. The pedestrian entered the direct path of the pick-up truck and was hit by the vehicle. After the collision, the pickup truck continued traveling on Orange Blossom Trail. The&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16882,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16880\/revisions\/16882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}