There are so many "why did this happen" to this.
Two women are dead, another is injured, and a driver in custody after police say he stuck the women who were parked in a turn lane on a dark road in Florida.
UPDATE | Tanaysha Troutman, 28, Victoria Patten, 33, identified as the two pedestrians killed in crash on Providence Road in Brandon. https://t.co/47KDd9aLH3 pic.twitter.com/vxWuq4EQ70
— ABC Action News (@abcactionnews) November 13, 2017
This is what police say happened, as reported by TBO.com.
Tanaysha Troutman, 28, of Tampa, and Victoria Patten, 33, of Brandon were reportedly involved in a romantic relationship and stopped their car in a left turn lane near a median. A woman who was driving behind them, Stephanie Jordan, 38, of Gibsonton, also stopped and exited her vehicle.
Tanaysha Troutman, a 2008 Kathleen High grad, died when she and two other women were struck while parked in a Brandon turn lane. https://t.co/TYmi6BI3tc #lkld pic.twitter.com/s8bxIZQ4Qd
— Lkld Now (@LkldNow) November 14, 2017
While they argued, and car struck all three woman. Troutman and Patten were pronounced dead at the scene, and Gibsonton was taken to a local hospital, where she was being treated for her injuries.
Police told TBO.com that social media posts referred to Troutman and Patten as a couple, and they were unsure whether Gibsonton was involved in the apparent love triangle.
Authorities also said the driver of the car who struck the women had submitted to a blood alcohol test and they were awaiting results.