TAMPA, Fla. - A pedestrian suffered critical injuries after being hit by a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers say the deputy was traveling southbound on Falkenburg Road in an HCSO marked Chevy Tahoe around 7:10 a.m. when he hit a man walking in the street in the dark.
The pedestrian, who deputies say is a 26-year-old Palm Harbor man, was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries.
The deputy was not injured in the crash.