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Florida man mistakes gas for brakes, slams into Tampa apartment building: HCSO

By FOX 13 News Staff
Updated  March 25, 2025 12:17pm EDT
Hillsborough County
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The Brief

    • A driver hit the gas instead of the brakes Tuesday morning and slammed into an apartment building in Hillsborough County, according to the sheriff's office. 
    • The crash happened at The Oaks of Woodland Park Apartments off W. Waters Ave., west of Manhattan Ave.
    • The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office described the man as elderly and said he had not been charged with anything. 

TAMPA, Fla. - Hillsborough County deputies said an elderly man hit the gas instead of the brakes on Tuesday morning and crashed into an apartment building. 

HCSO says deputies responded shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday to The Oaks of Woodland Park Apartments off W. Waters Ave., west of Manhattan Ave.

An SUV crashed into a building early Tuesday at The Oaks of Woodland Park Apartments off W. Waters Ave.

An SUV crashed into a building early Tuesday at The Oaks of Woodland Park Apartments off W. Waters Ave.

Investigators say the driver lived in the building that he hit, and he has not been charged with anything. 

No injuries were reported, according to HCSO.

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The Source: This story was written with information from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

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