Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver after a fatal crash Sunday in the Temple Terrace area. 

  • 1 dead, 1 critical after hit-and-run crash
  • Authorities searching for driver
  • Crash on U.S. 301 at Gerry Lane just after 11 a.m
  • BN9 Traffic resources

The crash happened on U.S. 301 at Gerry Lane just after 11 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.   

Troopers said a driver going north on 301 struck the back of a pickup truck driven by 57-year-old Manuel Patino-Villa.

The impact of the collision caused the truck to overturn.

Patino-Villa and the front seat passenger 55-year-old Maria Munguia-Villasensor were partially ejected from the pickup truck.

Two children inside the vehicle sustained minor injuries.  

Patino-Villa died at the scene. Munguia-Villasensor and two children were taken to Tampa General Hospital.

Troopers said the driver who caused the crash abandoned his vehicle and jumped into a white Nissan, which fled the scene. He is described as a black man who was wearing a red shirt and white shorts.  

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is assisting in the search.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Florida Highway Patrol at 813-558-1800 or *FHP.