WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - A moped operator is dead, and troopers are searching for the woman accused of striking him with her pickup truck and bolting from the scene.

What we know:

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 55-year-old Zephyrhills man was traveling eastbound on State Road 54 on a moped shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday when he struck a pedestrian who was walking along the street just east of Lamar Road.

Upon impact, troopers say the pedestrian fell to the ground and the Zephyrhills man was thrown from the moped.

Then, investigators say a woman driving a Chevy Silverado was traveling eastbound on State Road 54, struck the moped operator and took off.

The moped operator died at the scene.

The suspect is described as a white woman in her 30s-40s. Troopers say she was driv

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