TAMPA, Fla. — Two men were killed Sunday morning when they were hit by an oncoming vehicle while tending to a blown-out tire on the side of Interstate 275, just north of Fowler Avenue in Tampa.
According the Florida Highway Patrol, a man driving an SUV stopped the vehicle on the outside northbound shoulder of the highway early Sunday morning because of a blown-out front tire. The man, 73, had a 69-year-old female passenger in the front seat.
A 30-year-old man, who was a friend of the driver, arrived to offer assistance, according to an FHP report.
