Driver Who Fatally Struck Woman, Severing Her Legs, Sought By Troopers

DADE CITY, FL — The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking the public's help to identify the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Dade City woman, severing her legs from her torso.

The highway patrol released a photo showing a portion of a front grill piece from the vehicle, believed to be a Dodge, involved in the April 17 accident.

Troopers also located numerous silver paint chips at the crash site, indicating the vehicle is either a silver Dodge sedan or Dodge van with a low front end.

In a crash so gruesome even veteran first responders said they were shocked, at 3:30 a.m. April 17, the highway patrol responded to a crash scene in which a 49-year-old woman was struck and killed while walking along U.S. 301 south of Desrosier Road.

Troopers said the Dodge was headed north on U.S. 301 when it drove off the road onto the east shoulder and struck a traffic sign. The driver regained control long enough to momentarily steer the vehicle back onto U.S. 301, but overcorrected and swerved onto the shoulder a second time, striking the woman who was walking along the grass shoulder.

Troopers said the impact severed the woman's legs. They found her torso on the shoulder of the road and her legs in the travel lanes.

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While still investigating the crash at 4:58 a.m., troopers and Pasco sheriff's deputies noticed a silver 2005 Chevy pickup truck driving toward them at a high speed.

Troopers said the driver appeared oblivious to the presence of emergency vehicles with flashing lights and traffic barriers marking off the accident scene. Ignoring commands by troopers to stop, the driver drove through the accident scene, running over the severed legs and striking two sheriff's deputies. The driver then drove on without slowing down.

Troopers said they pursued the driver, Andrew Thomas Krummen, 23, of Dade City, for about 10 minutes before the pickup truck's tired were blown out by a "stop stick" troopers placed in the road.

Although Krummen was arrested, the highway patrol is still seeking the original hit-and-run driver.

Anyone with information regarding the hit-and-run driver is asked to call FHP at *FHP or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.