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Tampa police seek two suspects in hit-and-run that killed pedestrian

 
Tampa police are looking for Tracy Wood, 31 (left), and Miriam Marti-Benning, 43 (right), in the fatal hit-and-run of an 80-year-old pedestrian on Saturday.  Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Wood and Marti-Benning are asked to call the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130. [Tampa Police Department]
Tampa police are looking for Tracy Wood, 31 (left), and Miriam Marti-Benning, 43 (right), in the fatal hit-and-run of an 80-year-old pedestrian on Saturday. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Wood and Marti-Benning are asked to call the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130. [Tampa Police Department]
Published March 19, 2018

TAMPA — Police said they have identified two suspects in a fatal hit-and-run that took the life of an 80-year-old pedestrian who pushed his wife out of harm's way on Saturday afternoon.

Detectives identified Tracy Wood, 31, as the driver and Miriam Marti-Benning, 43, the passenger in the vehicle that police said struck and killed Felix De la Uz at about 12:22 p.m.

Witnesses told police they saw a white Honda Civic swerve off the road, strike a road sign and an electrical box, then hit De la Uz in the 4000 block of W Hillsborough Avenue.

The Civic came to a stop about 500 feet away, police said. The driver and passenger then ran away from the vehicle. They were captured running away on video surveillance cameras, police said.

De la Uz pushed his wife out of the way of the car and ended up being struck by the Civic, police said.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Wood and Marti-Benning are asked to call the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130.