PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred in Pasco County on the evening of Aug. 11.
A report by Pasco News Online states that a man was riding a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle northbound on US-301 on wet road conditions. The FHP said he lost control of the bike while trying to pass other vehicles north of Dead River Road.
The motorcycle overturned and slid off the roadway, then crashed into a roadside sign. The motorcyclist, a 24-year-old man from Wesley Chapel, was pronounced dead at the scene.