Crime & Safety
Tampa Man Killed In FishHawk Crash
The single-vehicle crash occurred Friday morning along FishHawk Boulevard in Lithia.
An accident along FishHawk Boulevard Friday morning has claimed one life. Image via Shutterstock
LITHIA, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the motorist killed in a Friday morning crash on FishHawk Boulevard.
According to the agency, Martin Otto Klein, 53, of Swann Avenue in Tampa was heading west on FishHawk Boulevard around 11:05 a.m. As Klein's 1995 Jeep Cherokee neared the FishHawk Creek overpass, his vehicle "for unknown reasons, drifted right" and struck the guardrail, an email from the agency said.
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Klein was subsequently ejected from the vehicle. He died at the scene, deputies noted.
The crash closed FishHawk Boulevard in the area of FishHawk Ridge Drive for a time Friday morning.
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