HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 42-year-old Leesburg man died, and a 54-year-old Miami man was seriously injured late Friday night after being struck by a vehicle while trying to cross State Road 574 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard).
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the collision happened around 10:50. A Chevy Equinox driven by a 72-year-old man from Largo was traveling westbound on SR-574, just west of North 68th Street, when the two men stepped into the highway.
Troopers reported that both pedestrians entered the path of the oncoming vehicle and were hit…