Tampa police search for driver who fled traffic stop, then caused fatal crash

Tampa police were searching for a driver of a pickup who caused a fatal hit-and-run crash after fleeing from a traffic stop in Ybor Heights on Halloween night.

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Tampa police search for driver who fled traffic stop, then caused fatal crash

By Tony Marrero, Times staff

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Investigators search for cause in Florida plane crash that killed all nine onboard

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A private plane headed to the Bahamas from Texas crashed in Palm Beach county and exploded on impact SundayInvestigators are searching for the cause of a plane crash in a heavily populated area of Palm Beach county, Florida, that

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Colorado town braces for historic flood as heavy rains batter south-west

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Mandatory evacuations in Arizona and New Mexico with Pagosa Springs warned of potentially ‘catastrophic’ delugeHeavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a swath of the south-west on Sunday, including in a

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144 satellite fire detections over Texas

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144 VIIRS thermal anomalies at nominal or high confidence in the last 24 hours, 230 MW total radiative power. Satellite detections, not confirmed incidents — agricultural burning and industry register too.

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Tampa police search for driver who fled traffic stop, then caused fatal crash

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