Seven people injured in night of motorcycle crashes

Seven people injured in night of motorcycle crashes

PINELLAS PARK-There was a lot of mayhem involving motorcycles in the area around U.S.19 and 49th Street in Pinellas Park Wednesday night.

A series of incidents involving eight motorcyclists resulted in seven people being injured –six of them motorcyclists. Police said one of the motorcyclists suffered life-threatening injuries; everyone else involved in the incidents is expected to recover.

The incidents took place within about an hour and shut down parts of U.S.19 and 49th Street Wednesday night.

In the first, at 9 p.m. in the 12100 block of 49th Street, police said three motorcycles were speeding north when one of the riders, Pablo Quintana, 20, of Tarpon Springs, struck the back of a 2001 Lincoln that had just made a U-tum

Quintana, who was thrown 200 feet, suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.

The driver of the Lincoln, Larhonda Robinson, 17, of Pinellas Park, was treated for minor injuries.

The other two motorcycles were laid down by their riders, Sven Desouza, 36, of Cleanl'ater, and Mikhail Lochan, 19, of Hud­son. Lochan suffered serious injuries, police said, but is expected to recover. Desouza, who slid about 250 feet, was treated at a hospital for a concussion and road rash, and then was released, police said.

All three motorcyclists were wearing helmets, police said. An investigation is ongoing and police have not yet determined whether charges will be filed.

A second serious motorcycle crash occurred about an hour later as authorities investigated two other minor incidents - both also involving motorcycles in the 12500 block of U.S.19 at about 9:40 p.m., Florida Highway Patrol troopers were summoned to that area to investigate an incident in which a car struck a metal object in the road that was then thrown into a motorcycle. The object disabled both the car and motorcycle.

As traffic slowed, another motorcyclist ran into the back of a car. No one was injured in either incident. But, as troopers investigated the two incidents, three motor­cyclists drove by. One of them, Pedro Manuel Perez, 50, of Palm Harbor, ran into the rear of a motorcycle driven by Randall Dean Shoudt, 44, of Clearwa­ ter. Perez was looking at the initial crash scenes when he hit Shoudt's bike, police said. Both Perez and Shoudt fell onto the road. That's when the third motorcycle, driven by Anthony Francese, 67, of Shrewsbury, Mass., slid into Perez. Francese had tried to stop his motorcycle, but could not and was thrown from the bike, police said. Perez suffered life-threatening injuries, police said, and was taken to Bayfront Medical Center. The hospital did not release his condition Thursday.

Shoudt and Francese suffered minor injurie.s and were treated at the scene.

Police said Perez and Shoudt were not wearing helmets. Francese was wearing a skull cap-like helmet, police said

Police say they are still investigating and deciding whether charge will be filed.

"Spring Hill motorcyclist dies after striking tree, being run into"

SPRING HILL — A motorcyclist was killed early Sunday after failing to make a curve, striking a tree and then being hit by another driver, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The name of the cyclist, 34 from Spring Hill, was not released pending notification of relatives. The patrol said that around 3 a.m., the motorcyclist driving a Yamaha R6 was traveling near Pinehurst Drive and Talbot Circle when he failed to negotiate a curve. The driver, who was not wearing a helmet, struck a tree and was ejected onto the roadway. Brendan Sean Haverty, 34, of Spring Hill was driving a pickup truck south on Pinehurst Drive and did not see the motorcyclist in the road, the patrol said. He struck the cyclist, who was declared dead at the scene. The crash is still under investigation, the patrol said. for more information please visit: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/spring-hill-motorcyclist-dies-after-striking-tree-being-run-into/1160074

"Motorcyclist dies in crash with car"

A motorcyclist trying to pass a car as it turned off Bee Ridge Road was thrown from the bike and died from the impact Saturday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Christopher L. Farr, 26, of Sarasota was killed in the accident, which occurred shortly before noon on Saturday.
Both Farr and Sarasota resident Maria Wieters, 25, were heading west on Bee Ridge Road approaching the intersection of Wake Avenue when the accident occurred. Wieters began to turn her Toyota Prius left onto Wake Avenue just as Farr was attempting to pass her on the left side, the FHP said.
Farr collided with the Prius and was thrown from his motorcyle. He was wearing a helmet, the FHP report said.


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"Motorcyclist killed in Suwannee crash"

Live Oak — A Lake City man died early Saturday in a Suwannee County motorcycle crash, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Robert Stone Grice, 28, was traveling northeast on CR 250 at 12:10 a.m. when his 1999 Honda entered the right shoulder after failing to negotiate a left curve, according to FHP. The left handlebar clipped an informational sign post, after which the motorcycle overturned and struck a wire fence.

Grice, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene, said FHP.

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A 41-year-old man who was thrown from his motorcycle in Collier County Thursday is now facing charges

Wesley Eversole, of Naples, is charged with driving without motorcycle registration, failure to exhibit a license, and careless driving.

State troopers say Eversole lost control of the motorcycle shortly before 3 a.m. near the intersection of Vanderbilt Beach Road and US-41.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the motorcycle hit a median, throwing Eversole onto the road and injuring his passenger, 22-year-old Brooke Seckler.

Both were taken to North Naples Hospital with minor injuries.

State troopers say they were not wearing helmets.

For more information please visit: http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12200878

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A Panama City, Fla., man was killed Wednesday night when he was thrown from his motorcycle

George M. Hogg, 34, was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle south on the road "at a high rate of speed" about 11:15 p.m., police spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz said. As Hogg approached the curve near Third Street, he lost control of the motorcycle, Foltz said.

The motorcycle crossed Pontchartrain Drive and went over three curbs in the parking lot of the Capital One bank before Hogg was thrown off, Foltz said. The motorcycle came to rest in the parking lot of a vacant building nearby.

Hogg, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead of massive head injuries, Foltz said.

Authorities will conduct toxicology tests to determine whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.

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Troopers said a Rockledge man lost control of his Harley Davidson motorcycle in Brevard County on Friday and died

Florida Highway Patrol records show Robert Toupin, 48, had been traveling northbound on Interstate 95 at about 9:47 p.m. when he ran over a large piece of tire tread littering the roadway.

Toupin lost control of his motorcycle, ran off the roadway and veered into the right shoulder. The motorcycle overturned multiple times before tossing Toupin off the motorcycle.

FHP troopers said Toupin struck some trees along the roadway then landed in a flooded ditch. Reports show he died from his injuries.

The crash report shows Toupin had been wearing his helmet.

For more information please visit: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-fatal-motorcycle-crash-brevard-091209,0,3638847.story

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A man was killed Monday when the motorcycle he was operating hit a speed bump

Ronn Terrell Deese, 38, of 429 Fairley St. in Laurinburg, was traveling north at 90 mph when the crash happened at 1:29 a.m., said 1st Sgt. Freddy Johnson.

Deese was in the middle of the road when his 2003 Harley-Davidson hit the slightly raised bump in a pedestrian crosswalk beside UNCP and then crashed into a street sign, Johnson said.

Deese was thrown from the motorcycle. He was wearing a helmet, but it did not meet approved safety standards, Johnson said.

Deese was pronounced dead at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Johnson said.

For more information please visit: http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/09/09/931888

A man was rushed to the hospital with a head injury Thursday evening after he was involved in a motorcycle accident

Darren W. Warren III, 21, rear-ended a van owned by the Okaloosa County Water and Sewer Department just after 5 p.m. He was not wearing a helmet.

Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Timothy Hulion said traffic was backed up from the signal at State Road 85 to Poquito Road at the time of the accident.

"Basically like every afternoon, traffic backed up from the intersection up there and he wasn’t paying attention," Hulion said of Warren. "Traffic had almost come to a stop."

A doctor was on the scene before paramedics arrived. Warren was alert and talking when he was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.

None of the county employees in the van were injured.

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