Bond set for woman accused in fatal Tampa Bay bridge hit-and-run

The woman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver on the Howard Frankland Bridge and driving off earlier this week appeared in a Hillsborough County courtroom Friday.



A judge set bond at $750,000 for Allison Faye Huffman. 

Huffman, 36, was taken into custody Monday night in St. Petersburg at the home of a friend, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Huffman, of Riverview, had been in the Pinellas County Jail but was transferred to Hillsborough County, where the crash happened.

She made a first appearance in a Pinellas County courtroom Tuesday.

According to troopers, Huffman was driving on the bridge before 5 a.m. when she struck and killed 43-year-old Rogelio Perez-Borroto, who was assisting a couple whose vehicle had broken down on the bridge.

After she hit Perez-Borroto, she kept driving, according to troopers.

Her 2012 Volkswagen Passat was found later that morning in the parking lot of the Crown Plaza Hotel near Westshore Mall.

FHP spokesperson Steve Gaskins said after the hit-and-run, Huffman took a taxi from the hotel to the Hard Rock Casino using the alias "Beth."

According to records, Huffman has three previous DUI arrests in Hillsborough County.

She faces a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.