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Groveland motorcyclist killed in Orange County crash

Groveland, Inside Scoop | By Marilyn M. Aciego | February 28, 2026 | Fatality, FHP, Florida, Lake County, Motorcycle | 1 minute of reading

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.—A Groveland man has died after crashing a motorcycle into a guardrail early Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The 45-year-old man was riding a 2021 Harley-Davidson Road Glide westbound in the outside lane of State Road 408 near State Road 50 when veered ff the road for an unknown reason and struck a guardrail, shortly before 1:30 a.m., FHP said.

The man was transported to AdventHealth East and pronounced deceased. The crash remains under investigation.

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett and the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels. She has landed many exclusive interviews and was the first to break two of the biggest stories of 2024- the death of Jamaria Sessions and the murder of a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy and the attempted murder of two other deputies. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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