Suspected hit-and-run driver arrested in deadly St. Pete crash: FHP

The Brief

  • An arrest has been made after a bicyclist who was hauling tree branches in a small trailer was hit by a car and killed in St. Pete early on Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  • The 64-year-old man from Naples was heading northbound on Bay Pines Boulevard when he was struck by a Kia Optima just north of Seahorse Drive.
  • Troopers later arrested Dominic Boeing, 22, for leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla An arrest has been made after a bicyclist who was hauling tree branches in a small trailer was hit by a car and killed in St. Pete early on Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

What we know:

Troopers say a 64-year-old man from Naples was heading northbound on Bay Pines Boulevard when he was struck by a Kia Optima just north of Seahorse Drive.

The victim was hospitalized but later died.

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