Man arrested after deadly hit-and-run on I-75: FHP

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A 23-year-old Kentucky man faces serious charges after troopers say he caused a deadly crash on I-75 in Hillsborough County, then drove away.

What we know:

The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on the northbound side of I-75 north of Bruce B. Downs Blvd, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

FHP says a disabled tractor-trailer was stopped on the shoulder, along with a Hyundai Sonata driven by the brother of the tractor-trailer driver. A Ford F-350 towing a cattle trailer drifted onto the shoulder, according to troopers, and hit the tractor-trailer before hitting the driver of the Sonata, killing him at the scene.

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Troopers say the driver of the F-350, later identified as Noah Riley, took off and was found changing a tire outside a gas station at SR 56 and Cypress Ridge Blvd.

Riley faces a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.

What we don't know:

FHP did not release the name of the man who died, only saying he was a 27-year-old Ocala man.

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The Source: This story was written with information from the Florida Highway Patrol.

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