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TAMPA, FL – A 65-year-old man riding a Harley Davidson tried to merge into a northbound Veterans Expressway lane and hit a pickup truck with a trailer, leading to his death Tuesday. 

This collision happened after 4 p.m. near milepost 8, according to WTSP. The impact led the motorcycle to overturn and the Ford F-150 pickup truck to eventually come to rest in other northbound lanes. 

Florida Highway Patrol said an ambulance took the motorcyclist (and issued him a trauma alert) to a local hospital, where he later passed away, while the truck driver, a 26-year-old man, was unharmed. 

TAMPA, FL – A man driving a Ford F-150 suffered a medical emergency, which led him to crash into two vehicles and then a guardrail, sending him to the hospital later Monday. 

This collision happened after 5:30 p.m. on the westbound lanes of Selmon Expressway, according to ABC Action News. Florida Highway Patrol said the pickup truck driver had struck a Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Armada, which were in front of him, prior to striking the guardrail. 

The guardrail was significantly damaged. After the truck collided with a guardrail and the structural support of the upper deck, a tire of his blew out and then struck a Volkswagen Jetta. 

TAMPA, FL – Tampa Police confirmed that a pickup truck driver struck a man in the 3400th block of East Busch Boulevard before 2 a.m. Wednesday.  

Police confirmed that the man who passed away was a pedestrian, according to WFLA. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the unresponsive man. 

First responders performed CPR on the pedestrian but said he succumbed to fatal wounds.

TAMPA, FL – A man lost his life in a collision reported around 2 a.m. Wednesday on East Busch Boulevard, WTSP revealed. 

After arriving, paramedics perform CPR on the man. However, despite their efforts, the man, whose name has not been disclosed, passed away on sight. 

Tampa Police also responded to the scene. Upon arrival, they shut down East Busch between Wick Place and Larkhall Place for their investigation and for the scene clearance process. 

TAMPA, FL – A 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were arrested after causing a collision that claimed the life of a woman in her 60s last Monday, June 3rd. 

ABC Action News said that before 10:30 a.m. on Dale Mabry Highway, the 22-year-old man, driving a  2011 BMW, was racing the 19-year-old man, operating a black Camaro. Both men were going at a high rate, which then led the BMW driver — Andy Moya Robaina — to lose control of his car and then crash into a Nissan Versa. 

The woman in her 6os was a Nissan passenger. The Nissan driver was a man in his early 70s who was taken to a local hospital for unspecified wounds. 

TAMPA, FL – A woman in her 70s passed away, and a man in his 70s was hospitalized after their car overturned near the Hillsborough River Sunday. 

This single-vehicle collision happened before noon at West Hillsborough Avenue and North Boulevard, according to Tampa Bay Times. 

Tampa Police, who started the investigation, said it happened after the man, the driver, lost control of his convertible, leading him to drift to the left side of the road and hit a utility pole before it overturned. 

TAMPA, FL – At least one person suffered injuries in a crash reported in the 5537th block of South 78th Street before 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was just notified of this collision and has not been able to comment on the exact cause of this crash or say if the injured person needed to go to a hospital. 

Additional information, including the number of people and vehicles involved, has not been reported at this time. 

TAMPA, FL – Police said a driver was speeding, which contributed to their car overturning, ejecting them and their passenger, and leading them to suffer injuries on Wednesday. 

WTSP said this collision happened after 9:15 p.m. near East 109th Avenue and North 19th Street, which is east of Copeland Park. After arriving, first responders took both occupants to a hospital for treatment.