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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \- A Palm Harbor man is facing serious charges after hitting two road workers with his SUV and fleeing the scene. 68-year-old Charles Edward Kunath was driving southbound on Lake St. George Drive, north of Tampa Road, when he encountered a flooded and partially washed-out roadway. Despite construction barricades, vehicles, and workers signaling him to stop, Kunath drove around them, striking two Pinellas County workers. Both workers, a 49-year-old from Pinellas Park and a 49-year-old from Clearwater, sustained serious, life-threatening injuries and were transported to loc…

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