Riverview Woman Tied To Fatal Hit-And-Run, Troopers Say

TAMPA, FL — A 43-year-old tow truck driver from Tampa is dead following a Monday morning crash on the Howard Frankland Bridge.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Allison Faye Huffman, 36, of Riverview was heading north on Interstate 275 around 2:22 a.m. As Huffman’s Volkswagen Passat moved in the outside travel lane south of State Road 60, a tow truck driver was standing outside of his 2015 Dodge Ram truck. The truck was in a parked position on the outside shoulder.

As the Volkswagen passed the truck, its front struck the man, who was thrown in a southeasterly direction. The man, who has not yet been identified, died at the scene from his injuries, a highway patrol report said.

Huffman, the patrol said, fled the scene. Her car was later located at the Crown Plaza Hotel near Westshore Mall.

Charges are pending.

Anyone with information about Huffman is asked to call the highway patrol at 813-631-4020.

Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol