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4 Dead, 11 Injured After Fleeing Driver Crashes Into Ybor City Crowd Outside Bradley's

Troopers disengaged the pursuit following an unsuccessful PIT attempt near Nebraska and Palm.

Overview

  • Tampa police say a silver sedan struck 15 adults outside Bradley’s, a popular LGBTQ bar on 7th Avenue, with three victims dying at the scene and a fourth at a hospital.
  • The driver, identified as 22-year-old Silas Sampson, was arrested at the scene and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail.
  • Court records list four counts of vehicular homicide and four counts of aggravated fleeing or eluding causing death or serious injury, all classified as first-degree felonies.
  • TPD air units first observed street racing around 12:40 a.m., tracked one car onto I-275, and the crash occurred around 12:45 a.m. near 15th Street.
  • The Florida Highway Patrol is leading an active investigation, and authorities report one victim in critical condition with others hospitalized in stable condition.