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FHP: Dover woman dies after being found on highway on Christmas

Authorities earlier identified the woman as a 29-year-old woman from Dover, Florida.

TAMPA, Fla. — A 29-year-old woman found lying unresponsive on the highway early Christmas morning has died, authorities said.

Florida Highway Patrol said in an update that the 29-year-old Dover woman died overnight Monday into Tuesday. 

The woman was found by an FDOT Road Ranger just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, on the outside northbound shoulder of Interstate 275, according to authorities 

She had a significant head injury, as well as road rash, throughout her body.

Anyone with information about the circumstances is asked to call *FHP or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.

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