Articles Posted in Bicycle Accident

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. 

TAMPA, FL – A 65-year-old bicyclist died Monday morning when he was struck by a vehicle at an intersection in the Tampa area, according to WFLA.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 7:26 a.m. reporting a collision between a driver and a bicyclist at Bearss Avenue and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

Deputies arriving at the scene found the man on the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene.