St. Petersburg Police Press Release

ANTHONY HOLLOWAY
Chief of Police
1301 First Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
(727) 893-7550
police.stpete.org

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
Report number: 2025-
Date of original release: 11-07-25

Update: Victim ID in Fatal Hit and Run Pedestrian Crash - 200 37th Ave. N.

Release updated on 11-08-25 at 7:40 AM

Victim: Mary Broughton

Update: Arrest in Fatal Hit and Run Pedestrian Crash - 200 37th Ave. N.

Release updated on 11-07-25 at 7:29 PM

St. Petersburg Police investigators located the suspected car and arrested Darrell Elwin Briggs.

He is charged with leaving the scene of a crash, causing death.

Fatal Hit and Run Pedestrian Crash - 200 37th Ave. N.

Release posted on 11-7-25 at 6:32 PM

Shortly before 5p.m., a pedestrian (an elderly woman) was struck by a car in the Publix parking lot, 200 37th Ave. N.

She was transported to the hospital where she died of her injuries.

The driver of the car left the scene.

Anyone with information on the driver is asked to call St. Petersburg Police at 727-893-7780.

Police are actively investigating.

St. Petersburg Police Media Relations - (727) 893-7550
YOLANDA FERNANDEZ - Public Information Officer