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Pedestrian In Wheelchair Hit By Car During Heavy Rain In Tampa, Police Say
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 8, 7:37 PM EDT
updated Oct 8, 10:23 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLA (NBC 8) and WTSP, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A pedestrian in a wheelchair was hit by a car and killed in a traffic crash while attempting to cross a Tampa street during heavy rain, WTSP and WFLA reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 8, 10:35 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
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Official Confirmation
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