City employee charged after fatal pedestrian crash in St. Petersburg alley: SPPD
A St. Petersburg city employee is facing charges after police said he left the scene of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian early Saturday morning, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD).Officers were called around 6:30 a.m. to the alley near 17 3rd Street North, where a city garbage truck had struck a 49-year-old woman, who was lying across the alley, according to a news release.The victim died at the scene from her injuries. Her name will be released once next of kin is notified, per the release.SPPD said the truck’s driver, 51-year-old Nathan Brown, fled the scene. Brown, a City of St. Petersburg employee, was later charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death.The crash remains under investigation.
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