{"id":3230,"date":"2025-04-15T11:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:14:51","slug":"fatal-hit-and-run-crash-claims-life-of-brooksville-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/2025\/04\/15\/fatal-hit-and-run-crash-claims-life-of-brooksville-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash Claims Life of Brooksville Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Brooksville, FL \u2013 April 15, 2025 \u2014 A deadly hit-and-run crash early Tuesday morning has left a Brooksville family mourning and local law enforcement asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the driver responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at approximately 4:20 a.m. at the intersection of Wiscon Road and California Street. A 45-year-old man from Brooksville was crossing the roadway, walking northbound, when he was struck by a westbound vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Authorities say the vehicle involved is believed to be an early model Dodge Durango of unknown color. The SUV did not stop after the collision and continued traveling westbound on Wiscon Road, fleeing the scene. The pedestrian sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The identity of the victim has not yet been released pending notification of next of kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The Florida Highway Patrol is urging anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who may have information about the suspect vehicle or driver to come forward. Tips can be reported directly to FHP by dialing *FHP (*347) or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis was a senseless and tragic incident,\u201d said Sergeant Steve Gaskins, Public Affairs Officer with the Florida Highway Patrol. \u201cWe are asking for the community\u2019s assistance in helping us find the person responsible and bring justice to the victim\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooksville, FL \u2013 April 15, 2025 \u2014 A deadly hit-and-run crash early Tuesday morning has left a Brooksville family mourning and local law enforcement asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the driver responsible. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at approximately 4:20 a.m. at the intersection of Wiscon Road and California [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4822],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hernando-county"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3231,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions\/3231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}