The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is investigating a vehicle crash into an LGBTQ bar early Saturday morning in Tampa's famous 7th Avenue, which left four people dead and 11 others injured.

Officers say the department's Air Service unit was monitoring a vehicle driving recklessly at high speeds on I-275 around 12:40 a.m. Police say this was the same vehicle seen street racing earlier on Hillsborough Avenue near 22nd Street.

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Authorities say the driver exited the interstate at Doyle Carlton Drive in downtown Tampa. Five minutes later, Tampa police officers and FHP troopers located it near Palm Avenue and Nebraska Avenue.

A trooper began pursuing the vehicle and unsuccessfully attempted to disable it using

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