Times staff
Saturday, November 6, 2010
TAMPA — Two eastbound lanes of Hillsborough Avenue were closed after a man was hit by a vehicle during a police chase Saturday afternoon.
Officers were investigating a drug complaint near the 4900 block of Hillsborough Avenue when Vincent Eugene Grubbs, 39, took off on his bicycle, Tampa police said.
Officers used a Taser on Grubbs. A car headed east on Hillsborough then hit his bicycle, leaving Grubbs with cuts on his face and one hand.
Officers found a vial of crack cocaine and a razor blade at the scene, police said.