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One person is dead, and several are injured after a crash in St. Petersburg Saturday night.
The crash happened on North Frontage Road and MLK Street North around 9:30 p.m.
According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, a silver Mitsubishi Outlander was traveling northbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Street North and crossing North Frontage Road with a green light when a blue Dodge Challenger failed to stop at the red light.
The Challenger, driven by Izell Shelby, was traveling in the westbound lanes at a high rate of speed on North Frontage Road and did not stop at the red light, hitting the Outlander.
Shleby died from his injuries at a hospital in St. Petersburg, officers said.
The other driver and her three passengers were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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