YBOR CITY, Fla. — Four people are dead and 11 others are injured after a car crashed into a bar in Ybor City early Saturday morning, Tampa police said.

Officials say the alleged driver was 22-year-old Silas Sampson. They say he was speeding before he hit multiple people at Bradley’s, a bar on 7th Avenue.

Tampa police say that at around 12:45 a.m., Tampa Police Air Service saw a car speeding on I-275. Police believe that this was one of the vehicles they saw racing earlier.

When the driver got off the interstate, police attempted a pit maneuver and failed. When they got close to 7th Avenue, they disengaged due to the danger of doing a pit maneuver in the area.

Authorities said the driver then driver lost control and crashed into a Bradley’s and hit over a dozen people. A witness says th

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