TAMPA, Fla. — State troopers say A 79-year-old man from Tampa was killed while attempting to help another driver on I-275 in Hillsborough County.
Troopers say the 79-year-old and a 30-year-old Clearwater man stopped on I-275 north of Interstate 4 to help a 29-year-old woman from Clearwater whose van became disabled in the center lane.
The 79-year-old was driving a scooter and the Clearwater man was in an SUV.
While the three people were stopped a 44-year-old woman from Tampa who was allegedly unable to stop in time crashed into their vehicles sending the scooter and the SUV into the van.
