Homeless Woman in Wheelchair Killed in Seffner Accident

A 51-year-old woman is dead following a Thursday traffic crash outside of the Walmart on County Road 579 in Seffner.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Rosemarie Sarina was heading southeast across County Road 579 in a wheelchair near the entrance to Walmart when the 7:45 p.m. accident happened. A 1997 Dodge van driven by Theodore Humphry was heading south around 40 mph in heavy rain at the time. Humphry saw Sarina and tried to swerve, but struck her with the front of his van.

Sarina, deputies say, was thrown from the chair into the northbound lane when a Toyota Tundra pickup, driven by Robert Carlton McGinnis Jr., struck her. McGinnis was unable to avoid Sarina, deputies say.

The woman, who deputies describe as homeless, had just come from local church where she had picked up her dinner. She was on the way to the metal shelter in the Walmart parking lot to eat when she was struck.

Deputies say Sarina died at the scene.

Drugs and alcohol are not suspected in the crash.