PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A man died at the hospital following a crash Sunday evening on Park Boulevard.
It happened around 6:15 p.m. in the eastbound lanes near 66th Street N. and 65th Way N., according to a Pinellas Park Police Department news release.
Police say a 71-year-old man stepped off the sidewalk into the path of a car, driven by a 73-year-old St. Petersburg woman. She could not stop to avoid the crash, the department said.
The man was taken to an area hospital, where he died.
Speed nor alcohol were not factors in the crash, police said.
A stretch of eastbound Park Boulevard was closed for several hours Sunday evening but has since reopened to traffic.