A pedestrian was killed during the morning commute July 15 after being stuck by a vehicle in southeast Tallahassee.
A Tallahassee Police Department watch commander confirmed the incident near Capital Circle Southeast and Midyette Road and said he was on the way to the scene at about 8:15 a.m.
A passerby reported a person lying in the roadway, gridlocked traffic and a massive police presence at the scene.
The incident occurred at about 7:53 a.m. and the Tallahassee Democrat’s Gridlock Guide showed traffic congestion along the Tallahassee artery and on Old St. Augustine Road.
South bound traffic was detoured onto Old St Augustine for hours before the road was reopened.
The watch commander said the incident was not a hit-and-run.
This is the second traffic accident death in days in Florida’s capital city.
On July 13, a traffic crash at the intersection of West Tennessee Street and High Road became a tragedy. Photos of the incident showed the vehicles entangled near the sidewalk and crosswalk. A sedan with a smashed front was crunched into what appeared to be an SUV resting on its side with a tire and wreckage strewn about. A 17-year-old died in the crash.
There have been more than 2,550 crashes in Leon County with more than 1,600 injuries and at least eight deaths on area roadways so far in 2026, according to the state’s Crash Dashboard online. Pedestrians have been struck by vehicles 127 times, and four of those were fatal, including one from a hit-and-run.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Pedestrian killed in morning Tallahassee crash
Reporting by William L. Hatfield, Tallahassee Democrat / Tallahassee Democrat
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