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NJ Man Crossing Gandy Blvd. Hit, Killed By Car: FL Highway Patrol

The driver of the car that hit the pedestrian was hit by another car on Gandy Boulevard when she stopped to help him, FHP said.

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The driver of the car that hit the pedestrian was hit by another car on Gandy Boulevard when she stopped to help him, Florida Highway Patrol said.
The driver of the car that hit the pedestrian was hit by another car on Gandy Boulevard when she stopped to help him, Florida Highway Patrol said. (Shutterstock)

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — A 58-year-old New Jersey man died after being hit by a car while crossing Gandy Boulevard Wednesday night, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

He was hit around 10:30 p.m. by a car traveling east on Gandy Boulevard just east of San Fernando Boulevard.

When the driver, a 23-year-old Seminole woman, stopped and got out of her car to help the man, she was hit by a second car traveling east on Gandy Boulevard, FHP said. She was brought to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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The second driver, a 23-year-old Tampa woman, wasn’t injured in the crash.

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