
HART bus driver cited after Tampa police cruiser flips over in crash: TPD
By Marcus Chen
FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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Corporal Niomi Bruce with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is recovering after a driver crashed into her patrol vehicle on I-75 — while she was investigating a completely separate incident. What led to I-75 patrol vehicle crash?It all started as a traffic stop for a vehicle swerving out of its lane on Monday, October 19 around 10 p.m. Instead of stopping, the vehicle fled, investigators told FOX 13. RELATED: Hillsborough deputy released from hospital after patrol vehicle hit on I-75: HCSOHCSO’s Aviation Unit tracked the vehicle to I-75, eventually watching as it moved off the road and into a construction zone. Helicopter video shows the vehicle later rolling down an embankment onto U.S. 301.Bruce was among the deputies who responded to help secure that crash scene. She was sitting inside her patrol vehicle waiting for a tow truck and speaking with her sergeant through the passenger window."I just remember typing on my computer. And I looked over at her, and I remember th