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Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash Sought: St. Petersburg Police

Investigators are looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a woman crossing 34th Street S., St. Pete police said.

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Investigators are looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 28-year-old woman crossing the street, St. Pete police said. The car involved in the crash was a blue 2006 Lexus RX330, similar to the one pictured.
Investigators are looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 28-year-old woman crossing the street, St. Pete police said. The car involved in the crash was a blue 2006 Lexus RX330, similar to the one pictured. (Courtesy of St. Petersburg Police Department)

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Investigators are looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead early Saturday morning.

A blue 2006 Lexus RX330 traveling north in the 1800 block of 34th Street S. hit Cassandra Gelineau, 28, around 2:15 a.m. as she crossed the street, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department news release.

Gelineau was hit by the front of the SUV while she was in the south crosswalk at the intersection at 15th Avenue S., police said.

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She was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle was driven away from the crash site and found a few blocks away, SPPD said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 727-893-7780 or, if they want to remain anonymous, text SPPD and the tip to TIP411.

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