A car plowed into a crowd outside a popular LGBTQ bar in Tampa early Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others , officials said.

The crash took place in Tampa’s historic Ybor City district shortly before 1 a.m., Chief Lee Bercaw of the Tampa Police Department said during an early-morning press conference.

Bercaw blamed the incident on a “careless, reckless driver” who was spotted by TPD Air Service speeding on Interstate 275, after earlier being seen street racing in a nearby neighborhood.

Around 12:45 a.m., after Tampa police located the vehicle near Palm and Nebraska avenues, the Florida Highway Patrol initiated a pursuit.

“At that point, two FHP units attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled,” Bercaw said. Officers then unsuccessfully tried a PIT mane

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