Flock license plate readers used to find driver in deadly hit-and-run: St. Pete police

September 4, 2026

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Petersburg police announced Friday that they arrested a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash with the help of Flock license plate readers.

According to police, Ashleigh Az’Janae Zinn was driving a red Kia Forte south on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South near 15th Avenue South on Aug. 8 when she hit a woman walking in a marked crosswalk near 15th Avenue South.

Investigators said Zinn struck the 47-year-old woman and left without stopping to help or call for assistance.

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