The Brief
- A St. Petersburg man is behind bars after troopers say he left the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian on Gandy Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.
- Troopers say a sedan hit the pedestrian and the driver, John Delucchi, 51, left the scene after the crash.
- Delucchi was located in Plant City, where he was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving the death of a pedestrian, FHP said.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A St. Petersburg man is behind bars after troopers say he left the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian on Gandy Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.
The backstory:
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, John Delucchi, 51, was driving a Ford sedan westbound on Gandy Boulevard shortly before 5 p.m. when a 66-year-old man tried to cross the highway in front of oncoming traffic near 10387 Gandy Boulevard North.…