TAMPA, Fla. — A speeding driver likely caused a multi-car crash Sunday morning in the northbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge that caused an hour-long traffic backup.
It happened around 10:45 a.m. at the hump heading toward Tampa from Pinellas County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Law enforcement reopened the lanes around 11:30 a.m.
Troopers said the driver, possibly in a red Mercedes-AMG, was speeding in and out of traffic. At some point, the car hit the side of a Volkswagen sedan, causing the sedan to rotate and crash into the back of a Toyota RAV4.
The Toyota then crashed its front-end into the concrete median. Afterward, the speeding car's driver sped off, according to FHP.
One person, a 66-year-old St. Petersburg woman driving the Toyota SUV, suffered a minor injury.
Traffic cameras earlier showed several emergency vehicles responded to the scene, including ambulances and fire rescue.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call *FHP or **TIPS.