Tampa, and the entire Sunshine State, is known for its relatively warm year-round climate. Intense heat not only burn you while on your bike, but can easily lead to you becoming dehydrated without even realizing it and resulting in heat exhaustion/injury. The key to preventing a heat injury is to…
A 47-year-old woman was arrested and charged with her involvement in a hit and run collision with two motorcycles. Clearwater police said that the 47-year-old woman was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of a crash with injury. The hit and run crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Friday…
A 50-year-old Lakeland motorcycle police officer was killed in a crash Thursday morning on his way to work. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the officer was killed just before 6 a.m. when his motorcycle for unknown reasons collided with and drove over a raised concrete median between the…
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving an SUV early Tuesday morning in Polk County. According to witnesses, the 22-year-old was driving his 2006 Suzuki sport motorcycles at a high rate of speed on SR 60 when he crashed into a 1993 Ford Explorer that was turning left onto…
Two people were killed early Sunday in a motorcycle crash in northwest Hillsborough County. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred just after 6 a.m. on a winding portion of Gunn Highway at Racetrack Road in the Keystone area. Deputies believe a man and woman were riding…
A motorcyclist has been pronounced dead after apparently losing control of his bike on U.S. 19 and then being struck by a car. The crash shut down northbound U.S. 19 just south of 126th Avenue for hours Sunday morning. Pinellas Park Police believe the 22-year-old motorcyclist was speeding when he…
An 82-year-old Winter Haven man is in the hospital while Florida Highway Patrol troopers search for the driver who caused him to wreck his motorcycle. On April 13 at around 5 p.m., the man was on his red Harley Davidson motorcycle, traveling south on U.S. 17 in Wauchula, Florida. At…
A man has been arrested on DUI charges after an overnight Interstate 4 crash involving a motorcycle. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash on I-4 just east of State Road 574. Troopers said the crash happened at 1:45 a.m. when the motorcycle…
A 51-year-old Largo man was killed in an early Thursday morning motorcycle crash in Hillsborough County. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday at southbound Interstate 275 and Lois Avenue. The Florida Highway Patrol said the man lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a guardrail. He was…
A 66-year-old motorcyclist in Westchase has died after a van struck him Saturday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, the motorcyclist was driving a 2007 FJR motorcycle on southbound Race Track Road at the intersection of Countryway Boulevard. The man reportedly stopped behind a silver…