Man Accused Of Fleeing With Body Of Pedestrian He Struck On Car

Tampa FL

28 September, 2021

4:40 PM

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TAMPA, FL — An 18-year-old Tampa man has been arrested after being accused of fatally striking a woman with an Acura Integra and then driving away with her remains attached to the car. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at 10:13 p.m. Monday, Jesus Manuel Diaz of Lambright Street in Tampa was traveling at a high speed in a 2000 Acura Integra east on Hillsborough Avenue approaching Sawyer Road when a 46-year-old woman walked into the path of his car. Troopers believe she died on impact. Troopers said Diaz fled the scene with the woman's body attached to the car, then stopped at Yosemite Drive and San Pablo Place where he removed the body and left it in the road. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies found Diaz at Monte Vista Place and Alvarado Drive, and detained him until the Florida Highway Patrol arrived to make the arrest. Diaz is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death. He was released from the Hillsborough County Jail after posting a $15,000 surety bond.