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Tampa man with suspended license hits, kills pedestrian standing in parking stall: Police

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Published  April 8, 2025 11:38am EDT
Pinellas Park
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A pedestrian was killed in a Pinellas Park parking lot on Tuesday morning.
    • Police say Eligabriel Caez Negron was driving with a suspended license when he backed over the pedestrian with a white box truck.
    • Negron was taken into custody and charged with driving on a suspended license resulting in death.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A pedestrian was killed Tuesday morning when police say a Tampa man with a suspended license backed over them with a box truck. 

What we know:

It happened around 6 a.m. in the parking lot of 12210 66th Street North in Pinellas Park.

According to the Pinellas Park Police Department, Eligabriel Caez Negron was backing up a white box truck toward a loading bay when he hit a person who was standing in a parking stall. 

The pedestrian was taken to an area hospital where they later died. 

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Negron was taken into custody and charged with driving on a suspended license, resulting in death.

What we don't know:

The pedestrian has not yet been publicly identified. 

The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Pinellas Park Police Department.

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