ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A man riding a motorcycle died after crashing into a traffic sign in the Disston Heights neighborhood early Friday morning.
According to WFLA, St. Petersburg Police responded to the intersection of 22nd Avenue North and 47th Street North just after midnight. Prior to succumbing to his injuries, the man was ejected from his bike.
Officers pronounced the victim dead at the scene and are actively working to determine what caused him to lose control of his motorcycle.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Twenty people sustained injuries as a result of a 13-vehicle collision that included an ambulance on the I-275 South off-ramp Wednesday.
The crash took place at 5:30 p.m. at the ramp connecting to 22nd Avenue South, according to WTSP. EMS crews issued one person a trauma alert and transported them to a hospital.
Transportation workers shut down the area for several hours for the clean-up process and have reopened all lanes since.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 25-year-old male motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries after getting struck by a Honda Civic north of Abercrombie Park Monday.
St. Petersburg police told IONTB that the Honda driver was trying to turn west onto 40th Avenue North from Park Street North when he went directly in front of the green Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and collided with it. Police responded to the scene before 4 p.m. and said the motorcyclist was traveling south and the driver north when their vehicles crashed.
EMS crews transported the biker to HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital, where he died. He has since been identified as Christian O’Donnell.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A pursuit-turned-crash ended in a 30-year-old woman’s arrest and injured at least one person last Thursday, April 3, WFLA reports.
Pinellas Park police tried to pull over the woman, Janai Fowler, for a severely cracked windshield and illegal tint. Fowler refused and sped up. Officers used stop sticks, which resulted in two of Fowler’s tires coming undone.
Fowler continued driving until she crashed on I-275 near 38th Avenue. After the collision, she took her two passengers with her – two children — and fled the scene on foot, going north.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A two-vehicle collision claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman and ended in a DUI manslaughter charge Sunday.
WTSP said the crash happened around 8 p.m. on 34th Street North. Preliminary details showed that a 33-year-old Pinellas Park man had drifted off the road when he crashed his black Nissan Armada into a burgundy Honda Accord.
The impact of the wreck caused the Honda driver to drift off the road further and hit a concrete pole, which fell on the car. The Nissan also left the road and crashed into a tree.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 41-year-old man lost control of his truck while driving on I-275, which led him to crash into a guardrail, causing the truck to overturn and injuring himself in the process Sunday.
The solo collision occurred around 12:30 p.m. on the interstate’s southbound lanes down the road from 38th Avenue North, according to WTSP. EMS crews were quick to arrive at the scene and take the Pinellas Park man to a hospital for treatment.
Florida Highway Patrol did not say if slick road conditions were a contributing factor in the wreck.
ST PETERSBURG, FL – A two-vehicle crash, which led one of the cars to overturn, claimed a woman’s life and injured six children and one adult Thursday.
Fox13 News said the events unfolded around 3:30 p.m. when a driver of a white Saturn Vue was trying to turn from eastbound Fairfield Avenue South to northbound 34th Street South and was hit by a woman driving a black Volkswagen SUV.
St Petersburg Police said the Volkswagen driver was approaching southbound 34th Street prior to the crash. Officers said her car started speeding up, which caused her to lose control of her car. As a result, she hit Saturn and struck a utility pole, leading her vehicle to roll over.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 37-year-old man was taken to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in critical condition after he was struck by an impaired driver on Dali Boulevard SE Wednesday.
Prior to the crash, the DUI motorist was speeding while driving a red minivan and lost control of his vehicle, ABC Action News said. The man merged into two bicycle lanes and struck a statue, a light pole, and the 37-year-old man.
The St. Petersburg Police Department said the victim was taking down flags for a Grand Prix monument when he was struck.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – An 18-year-old Ohio resident died following a collision Friday morning, January 3, while operating a motorcycle on Interstate 275 near St. Petersburg, according to News Channel 8.
The fatal wreck unfolded on a span of I-275 that runs on the Howard Frankland Bridge, prompting an emergency response at around. 6:44 a.m.
Officials say the victim, of Greenville, Ohio, was traveling northbound on a motorcycle when he and another motorist in an SUV collided as they approached a Road Ranger pickup truck stopped in the roadway. The initial impact caused the motorcycle to strike a barrier wall, which ejected the rider and sent him into the back of the Road Ranger’s pickup. Meanwhile, the motorcycle struck a second parked vehicle before coming to a stop.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 30-year-old Seminole man died early Monday, December 30, when a police pursuit led to a crash in St. Petersburg, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Pinellas County deputies had attempted to pull over the man, who was driving a 2023 Dodge Charger, for a window tint violation.
Officials indicated that a pursuit ensued when the driver failed to stop. He was later observed driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North and 7th Avenue South.
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