Wicked wreck on Indiana and Tampa St.

Last night while sitting at my desk working on my next show, I saw - or rather heard first then saw the aftermatch of - a nasty wreck at the corner of Indiana and Tampa St.

Two white older-model sedans totally made out in a very ugly way, knocking down a street sign, a for sale sign, kissing a telephone pole and also a retaining wall in the process.

Seems two girls were in the car going down Indiana and didn't stop for the stop sign (not a surprise - happens daily) and got nailed by a car coming down Tampa. The car the girls were in continued down Tampa until running into a wall, and the other car is the one that ate it into a street sign, for sale sign and telephone pole.

The best part was the two girls quickly got out of the car, grabbed their stuff and walked about a half a block away where they hopped into a brown Suburban and left the scene completely. I thought (as well the rest of my neighbors did that saw it) that the girls were intially just getting away from the vehicle.

No one got a tag. Looks like a forensics team showed up a bit later to dust the car down for prints before it got towed off. Stolen vehicle? Maybe. I don't understand why else someone would do that.

Good times ...

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I've been a Tampa Heights resident since July of 2004.

I was very excited to move to Tampa Heights, in the very first home for me and my wife. Previously residents of Sulphur Springs, we were attracted to the lower crime rate, cleaner streets and old 1920s bungalows that didn't come with the Seminole Heights price tag.

I'm now very proud to call Tampa Heights home. It's a 3-minute drive with very few stoplights and zero time on the interstate from my home to work in Downtown. I drive less and get out more. Sure, there could be more shops and places to eat closer to where I live, but it's getting better all the time.

There are several neighborhood-specific blogs here in Tampa, but I'd yet to see one for my 'hood and I thought it was time.

I'm not the most zealous of bloggers, but I'll do my best to post news often. Feel free to send me tips at maladrin AT gmail DOT com.

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