SPRING HILL, FL – Authorities said a motorcyclist was killed and his passenger injured in a collision with a pickup truck in Spring Hill early Monday morning.
According to WTSP, the 50-year-old motorcyclist was going west on County Line Road shortly after midnight at the same time the pickup was headed east on County Line Road in the left turn lane.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of the pickup turned left into the path of the motorcycle at the intersection with Waterfall Drive, causing a collision. The motorcycle rider was pronounced dead of his injuries at an area hospital. A 50-year-old woman who was his passenger was hospitalized in critical condition. Both are Spring Hill residents.
The driver of the pickup, a 48-year-old Spring Hill woman, and her passenger were not injured in the wreck.
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