TAMPA, Fla. — A man was arrested after Tampa police say he admitted to crashing into a bicyclist in a deadly hit-and-run Sunday night.
The crash happened around 7:45 p.m. at North 50th Street and East 23rd Avenue.
Officers the man, later identified as 27-year-old Joel Weaver, was driving a black sedan northbound in the outside lane of 50th Street when he hit a 61-year-old man riding a blue Huffy bicycle across the road.
Police said Weaver left without helping the bicyclist, who died at the scene.
While officers worked to identify the driver, the car involved in the crash was found at the River View Apartments and impounded. Weaver then came to Tampa Police District 3 station and admitted to knowingly leaving the scene after hitting the bicyclist, the police report said.
Weaver was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of the crash with
death. He was transported to the Orient Road Jail.