2 killed, child seriously injured in tow truck crash: SPPD

Two adults are dead, and a child was seriously injured after a tow truck and an SUV collided in St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening. 

It happened shortly before 5 p.m. at 5th Avenue South and 22nd Street South. 

Police say two adults in the SUV died from their injuries. Dilean Desence, 72, died at the scene while the driver, Shakesha Desence, 35, died at the hospital.

Two adults are dead, and a child was seriously injured after a tow truck and an SUV collided in St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening.

Two adults are dead, and a child was seriously injured after a tow truck and an SUV collided in St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening.

Dilean Desence's 9-year-old grandson was seriously injured and taken to All Children's Hospital, where he remains in critical condition as of Wednesday morning.

The St. Petersburg Police Department is investigating the crash.

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