Tampa Police report that at 10 p. m. Wednesday a teenager was killed and 3 others critically injured in a 2-car accident. The driver of a Toyota Solara exited on 50th Street and turned left on Columbus Drive. A Mazda CX-9 was traveling west on Columbus drive. Police said the Mazda t-boned the Toyota, causing it to roll into a ditch.

A backseat passenger in the Toyota, 18-year-old Alicia Dawn Shaheed, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pictured: Randolph W. De Sylvia[private]

Others in the Toyota that were critically injured were Kalima Haneef ,20, of St. Petersburg, Shontae Shaheed, 19, and Naquan Yancy, 17. The Toyota’s driver, Chaz Yount of St. Petersburg, was not injured.

The driver of the Mazda was identified as Randolph W. De Sylvia, 19, from Tampa. He was hospitalized with minor injuries, and it was reported he did not have a current driver’s license at the time of the accident. Detectives are investigating the cause of the accident.

Police said the Shaheed sisters are from Morgantown, West Virginia and were in Tampa on summer break visiting family and friends.[/private]