Good Samaritan Stops To Help Man At Crash and He Drove Off With Her Car, Officials Say

An individual who stopped to assist a crash victim in Florida was left stranded when the victim stole her vehicle, according to the Miami Herald.
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An individual who stopped to assist a crash victim in Florida was left stranded when the victim stole her vehicle, according to the Miami Herald. The alleged thief later crashed the vehicle about 3 miles away from the first accident, as per the Florida Highway Patrol. Unfortunately, he did not survive the second collision. 

According to investigators, the first accident occurred on Tuesday, January 23rd, around 8:30 p.m. in Florida. 

“A GMC Sierra, driven by a 29-year-old Dade City man, had been traveling eastbound when the driver lost control and collided with a traffic median barrier,”

per the Florida Highway Patrol. 

The statement continued,

“A passerby, a 35-year-old Webster woman, stopped to assist the driver when a 29-year-old Dade City man arrived on foot and stole the passerby’s vehicle, a Chevy HHR.”

A man driving west on State Road 50 lost control of his vehicle, crossed into the eastbound lanes, and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer. The man, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, suffered fatal injuries. The tractor-trailer driver, a 45-year-old man from Plant City, suffered insignificant injuries. The driver’s identities haven’t been disclosed

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