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FHP searching for driver in fatal hit-and-run

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UNIVERSITY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for an SUV driver who hit and killed a Tampa man on Saturday.

The unknown SUV driver was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 41 at about 6:38 p.m., south of Honey Crisp Court.

At the same time, an 86-year-old Tampa man was walking his bicycle across the highway when the SUV hit him, a patrol report stated. The driver then fled the scene without offering help or assistance.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.