Woman hit and killed while looking for her cellphone along SR-400

By FOX 13 News Staff
Updated  November 30, 2024 2:25pm EST
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BRANDON, Fla. - A woman is dead after she was struck by a car Friday night while searching for her cellphone along the shoulder of SR-400, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The 23-year-old Davenport victim pulled her Dodge pickup truck to the side of the interstate west of SR-39 after authorities say her phone fell out of the car.

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FHP says that the woman found her phone and then stepped into the roadway when she was hit by a Hyundai Elantra driven by a 34-year-old Brandon woman. 

The victim died at the scene and the other driver was uninjured.

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