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TAMPA, FL – A cyclist lost his life after he collided with a scooter rider on Dale Mabry Highway South, north of Hudson Lane Saturday, WTSP said.

Florida Highway Patrol were dispatched to the scene before 7:45 p.m. According to their preliminary investigation, the cyclist tried to merge into an outside lane from the right lane and struck the scooter operator.

Troopers declared the bicyclist dead at the scene. They later identified him as a 72-year-old man. FHP confirmed the scooter rider, a 41-year-old man, was unharmed.

GIBSONTON, FL – A 61-year-old man riding a bicycle lost his life after he was run over by a Toyota RAV4 driven by a 28-year-old woman from Riverview Saturday. 

The collision happened before 9 a.m. on U.S. Highway 41 North, south of Pennsylvania Avenue, ABC Action News said. 

Florida Highway Patrol said the 61-year-old man local top the area died at the scene while the driver was unharmed. 

WIMAUMA, FL – As of Monday, Florida Highway Patrol has identified and arrested the hit-and-run suspect responsible for fatally hitting a 19-year-old man riding a bicycle.

New details from the Tampa Bay Times indicate that the suspect, 20-year-old Jaquelin Lopez Velasquez from Mulberry, had turned herself in at the Tampa Florida Highway Patrol office on Monday, Nov. 25.

To recap, the crash took place before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, on eastbound S.R. 674 west of 4th Street. Immediately after the bicycle and Lopez Velasquez’s red Dodge Charger made contact, the cyclist, a man from Guatemala, succumbed to fatal wounds.

TAMPA, FL – A three-year-old boy took his last bicycle ride after he was fatally struck by a driver of a Toyota RAV 4 pursuing a turn along the Place One Condominiums Thursday. 

This crash happened at Pitch Pine Circle and North 56th Street, according to My SunCoast. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, who responded to the scene, said the boy’s mother and his siblings were behind him when the collision unfolded at the parking lot. When the bicycle and car collided, the toddler immediately succumbed to fatal wounds.