Posts tagged Motorcycle Accidents

• Tampa Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2008 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident killed a man in Tampa early Saturday morning. The 44-year-old victim was a resident of Tampa. The victim was traveling west on Hillsborough Ave. on his 2005 Yamaha at approximately 1:35 a.m. when he came up on the Veteran's Expressway intersection. Dean was about to turn left when a 1995 Ford Escort station wagon ran a red light and hit the motorcycle.He was not wearing a...

• Man Injured in St. Petersburg Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | December 30, 2007 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident in St. Petersburg on Thursday injured a 41-year-old man. The bike flipped over while he was driving it from a parking lot into the connecting street. The accident happened on 46th Avenue North around 5:15 p.m. The victim of St. Petersburg was thrown from the 2002 Harley-Davidson Softail, the Highway Patrol said. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with serious...

• Brandon Motorcyclist Killed by Drunk Driver

  Joe Saunders | November 28, 2007 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The holiday season is once again upon us as is the rise in drunk driving accidents and fatalities around the Bay area. This morning we're unfortunately hearing about a yound motorcyclist from Brandon who lost his life as a result of an auto accident with a drunk driver. Motorcyclists are more vulnerable to serious injury in a car accident especially when that accident involves an impaired...

• Ridgewood High School Senior Dies in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 06, 2007 8:23 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 17-year-old Senior at Ridgewood High School died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday night. He was driving the motorcycle and a 16-year-old girl was a passenger on the bike at the time of the accident. The motorcycle accident took place in Port Richey. The motorcycle was driving on U.S. 19 going north. The driver of the car was westbound on Commons Boulevard in a 1993 Honda when she...

• Motorcycle Accident Ends in Tragic Death

  Courtney Mills | September 14, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Joseph K. Wright, a young man with extended family from Tampa, passed away last week during a motorcycle accident on the way to Key West. He was 36 years old.Joe Wright and his father Ed had left work last Friday to ride down to the Keys, and Joe had placed a sweatshirt on the seat of his cycle to cushion the ride. Somewhere along the trip, the sweatshirt became tangled up in the rear spokes...

• Another Motorcyclist Killed on I-275 in Fatal Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 29-year old motorcyclist speeding across the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, Florida, lost control of his bike at nearly 100 mph and slammed into the concrete barrier along the side of the interstate, catapulting him into Tampa Bay.According to Florida Highway Patrol, Scottie Ewing was travelling in the outside lane of I-275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge before midnight when he lost control...

• Tampa Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | August 13, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A man was riding his motorcycle near the intersection of Leila Street and Westshore Boulevard when he hit a car and was killed. The motorcycle accident happened on Sunday in Tampa. Tampa police say the motorcyclist rear-ended a car, and was thrown off his bike. They say he landed after hitting a pole. The motorcycle driver was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Helmets are not...

• Tampa Motorcycle Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | July 31, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Two people out for an evening ride on a motorcycle in Tampa got into a fatal accident with a minivan on Monday. The motorcycle accident happened on Morris Bridge Road. The motorcycle drove into the minivan. The Harley Davidson collided with the van, killing two on the bike, and leaving the mother driving the minivan in critical condition.There were three other people in the minivan, a man...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Accident with Car

  Chrissie Cole | July 07, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident involving a car Saturday night, claimed the life of a 38-year-old motorcyclist, at the intersection of County Road 42 and State Road 44, according to Florida Highway Patrol.The man, of Sorrento, was killed when his motorcycle fell and skid into a Ford Bronco, reports FHP. The passenger, a 39-year-old woman, was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she was...

• Lake County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | July 02, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcyclist from Sorrento was killed in Lake County on Saturday in a motorcycle accident. The driver of a Ford Bronco made a left hand turn in front of the motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle lost control and slid into the Bronco. A 38-year-old motorcycle rider was killed Saturday in a crash with a car at the intersection of County Road 42 and State Road 44, according to the Florida...