Officers from the St. Petersburg Police Department are currently investigating a fatality crash involving a pedestrian.
The crash occurred shortly after 7:45 a.m. on Friday, June 7, 2024. St. Petersburg police officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in the 7200 block of Sunshine Skyway Lane South.
The preliminary investigation revealed a blue Honda CRV struck the elderly male pedestrian as he was walking across the roadway. He was transported to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital, where he died. The pedestrian was identified as 83-year-old Danilo Aguero Tamayo of St. Petersburg.
The Honda driver remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
Lanes in both directions on Sunshine Skyway Lane South were shut down for several hours for the crash investigation.
Sunshine Skyway Lane South is a corridor on the city’s south end and east of Interstate 275, with access to several condominium and townhouse communities north of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The incident did not occur on the bridge.