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Police Search For Driver In Death Of Pedestrian
The Tampa Police Depart- ment is currently searching for a vehicle involved in a fatal accident.
According to police, Jatha Royal, 36, of Tampa, was at the intersection of E. 15th Avenue and N. 15th Street, when he was struck by a pickup truck. Royal died as a result of his injuries.
The driver of the truck fled the scene. The truck is de- scribed as being a late model 1990s to early 2000s Ford truck. The driver is described as being a white or Hispanic
Police have released this photograph of the vehicle believed to have struck a 36-year-old Tampa man and fled the scene early Sun- day.
Jatha Royal, Sr., is shown talking about his son, who was killed by a hit and run driver early Sunday.
man with dark hair.
The victim’s father, Jatha
Royal, Sr., is asking the per- son responsible for the death of his son to turn himself in to police.
Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspect in this case. Anyone with infor- mation is asked to contact the Tampa Police Department or Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), or crimestopperstb.com.
‘Africa’s Great Civilizations’ Premieres Tonight On PBS
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks at the history of Africa on PBS.
In his new six-hour se- ries, Africa's Great Civiliza- tions, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century.
This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thou- sand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civi- lizations, but also the wider world.
Gates introduces view- ers to the African continent through a series of expan- sive views and myth-busting revelations. His six-hour ex- ploration of the African past begins at the origins of human existence. Through anthropological and scien- tific discoveries viewers
learn that Africa is the ge- netic home of all currently living humanity.
Only between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago did some of humanity's com- mon ancestors leave the continent to spread across the rest of the world. These great African migrations cul- minated in the diverse global peoples and societies that viewers know today. Be- ginning with this great reve- lation, Gates then traces the roots of agriculture, writing, artistic expression, and iron working to their birthplaces on the continent.
Gates first arrives in present-day Ethiopia, where the 1997 discovery of fossil remains near the Omo River was the first discovered con- nection between modern humanity and the oldest known traces of the species to have walked the earth some 195,000 years ago.
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