TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa police are searching for a driver who ran away from a multi-vehicle crash late Halloween night that left one passenger dead and two others hospitalized.
The incident happened around 11:15 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2026, when an unknown driver in a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche fled a traffic stop near 13th Street and 28th Avenue. Officers did not chase the fleeing truck, authorities said.
The driver continued heading east on East 28th Avenue and struck two parked, unoccupied cars. The truck then blew through a stop sign and crashed into a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder. The impact shoved the Pathfinder into a utility pole…