ORANGE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said it is searching for the driver involved in a crash in Orange County that left a motorcyclist dead.
According to WKMG, the incident occurred Thursday morning on State Road 520 near State Road 528 at about 5:20 a.m. The FHP said the driver of a BMW was headed west in an eastbound lane of State Road 520.
The car struck the front of a motorcycle and the rider was ejected from the bike. The motorcyclist was declared dead at the scene.
HUDSON, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in Pasco County early Wednesday morning.
WFLA reports the victim was walking in the travel lane of Bolton Avenue east of US-19 near Hudson when the accident happened shortly after midnight.
The pedestrian, a 51-year-old man, was in the path of a van nearing Omaha Street and was struck by the van. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
GAINESVILLE, FL – Police in Gainesville are searching for the driver responsible for a crash that killed a bicycle rider, according to a report by WGFL.
The bicyclist, a male, was struck from behind by a vehicle while riding south on the 3300 block of South Main Street. The driver involved then left the scene.
The Gainesville Police Department said that based on debris found in the roadway, the vehicle they are now looking for is a silver Volvo, either a sedan or an SUV. Evidence indicated the driver may have been going about 45 miles per hour at the time of the collision.
PALM HARBOR, FL – A man is under arrest in connection with a fatal car accident that occurred in Palm Harbor on Feb. 19, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, 19-year-old Chase Cannone is facing charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the case. Investigators said Cannone was driving a Ford Mustang at high speed on Alderman Road near Bentley Drive when a Hyundai Accent making a turn entered his path and the vehicles collided.
The driver of the Accent, a 32-year-old New Port Richey man, and his passenger, a 30-year-old Palm Harbor woman, were pronounced dead at the scene. Cannone, a Clearwater resident, was seriously injured.
INDIAN SHORES, FL – A man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed in Pinellas County Thursday night, WFLA reported.
The accident happened in the City of Indian Shores in the area of Gulf Boulevard and Park Boulevard Bridge. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Kevin Meade was riding a 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound at a high rate of speed and crashed into a guard rail.
Meade was ejected from the bike and was pronounced dead at the scene.
OCALA, FL – An Ocala man died after his vehicle went off the road and crashed in Marion County early Tuesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A report by the Ocala StarBanner stated the victim was a 32-year-old man driving a Volkswagen Jetta north on County Road 315 near Northeast 135th Street sometime before 4:15 a.m. As the vehicle approached a right-hand curve the driver veered left, going off the roadway and onto a shoulder.
The Jetta crashed into a wooden utility pole before striking a tree and coming to a stop. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in the car.
LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said one person was killed and another injured Saturday afternoon in a collision on State Road 44 in Lake County.
According to WKMG, state troopers said the driver of a Honda CR-V was going south near Rory Lane shortly before 2 p.m. and tried to make a U-turn from the southbound lane. As the Honda made the turn, the vehicle was struck on the side by a southbound Chevrolet Tahoe that had been traveling behind it.
The driver of the Honda, a 73-year-old man from The Villages, was pronounced dead after being rushed to an area hospital.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A collision involving a sedan and an ATV in Citrus County sent a young boy to the hospital, the Citrus County Chronicle reports.
The accident occurred Saturday night as both vehicles were headed south on County Road 490 near South Bolton Avenue at about 9:40 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of the sedan, a 49-year-old man, was not able to see the ATV because it had no lights and crashed into the back of the vehicle. The sedan driver then lost control and went off the road before hitting a tree.
A 4-year-old Homosassa boy who was in the second row of the ATV was flown to St. Joseph Children’s Hospital in the Tampa area with undisclosed injuries. The two drivers and three other passengers in the ATV, two women and a teenage girl, were not injured in the crash.
WEEKI WACHEE, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a driver hit two pedestrians in Hernando County early Saturday morning, killing one of them.
A report by Fox 13 Tampa Bay stated that the incident took place on Marvelwood Road near Osprey Avenue in Weeki Wachee just before 1 a.m.
The FHP said a man and a woman walking in the roadway were hit by a northbound vehicle driven by a 19-year-old woman. The man, a 44-year-old man from Weeki Wachee, suffered fatal injuries.
LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run incident that killed a teenager in Lake County Thursday morning, reports WOFL.
State troopers said it happened in the area of County Road 455 near Willow Pines Lane, where a 14-year-old boy was waiting for a school bus at about 6:30 a.m. When the teen reportedly walked in front of a car, he was hit by the vehicle. The boy was thrown into a southbound lane of County Road 455, where he was struck by a pickup truck. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the car that initially hit the teen left the scene but the car was located later. The FHP was reported to be speaking with the vehicle’s owner and is trying to find out who was driving at the time of the accident.
