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Collision with truck kills Sorrento motorcyclist Wednesday

Inside Scoop, Unincorporated Lake / By Marilyn M. Aciego

SORRENTO, Fla. —A Sorrento man was killed early Wednesday evening after a pickup truck turned in front of him, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The 65-year-old man was riding a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound on State Road 46, also known as Sorrento Avenue, when a 49-year-old Apopka man driving a 2020 Chevy Silverado attempted to make a left turn into a parking lot near 4^th Street.

The front of the motorcycle collided with the Silverado and the impact killed the motorcyclist just after 6 p.m., FHP said. The driver of the Silverado was not injured.

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Motorcyclist killed trying to pass truck in no-passing zone near Groveland Monday

Groveland, Inside Scoop, Unincorporated Lake / By Marilyn M. Aciego

GROVELAND, Fla.— A Lakeland motorcyclist was killed Monday afternoon while attempting to pass a truck in a no-passing zone on State Road 33 near Groveland, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Just after noon, the 28-year-old Lakeland man was riding a 2024 Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle southbound on State Road 33 approaching Pine Island Road when he attempted to pass a 2019 Ford F250 that began to make a left turn onto Pine Island Road. The motorcycle crashed into the side of the truck, throwing the Lakeland man from the bike, FHP said.

The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased on the scene and the driver of the Ford, a 63-year-old Inverness woman, was transported to South Lake Hospital with minor injuries.

The crash closed State Road 33, and it remained closed around 3 p.m. Monday. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, motorists traveling south on State Road 33 will be rerouted to Redwing Road, motorists traveling north on State Road 33 will be rerouted to Florida Boys Ranch Road and motorists traveling west on Pine Island Road will be rerouted to Montevista Road.

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Leesburg motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Minneola Saturday night

Inside Scoop, Leesburg, Minneola / By Marilyn M. Aciego

MINNEOLA, Fla.—The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a Chevy Tahoe that killed a motorcyclist late Saturday night and fled the scene, FHP said Sunday morning.

Just before 10:45 p.m., a 36-year Leesburg woman on a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle was stopped at the traffic light in the inside lane at U.S. Highway 27 and Citrus Grove Road and a 2024 Honda HR-V, was southbound approaching the light, according to FHP. The light turned green, and the motorcycle started to proceed forward and the Honda swerved into the outside lane to avoid the motorcycle. A 2001 Chevy Tahoe traveling behind the Honda failed to see the motorcycle and collided with it; the impact then caused the front right of the Chevy to strike the rear left of the Honda.

The Chevy fled the area and was later found abandoned in the median of U.S. Highway 27, approximately three miles north of the crash scene.

The Leesburg woman was transported to South Lake Hospital and pronounced deceased; the driver of the Honda, a 42-year-old woman, and her passengers, a 47-year-old male and a 6-year-old boy, all of Polk City, were not injured, FHP said.

If you have information on the crash, or the driver of the Chevy, call *FHP on your cell phone, or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.

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Davenport motorcyclist killed in crash near Clermont

Clermont, Inside Scoop, Unincorporated Lake / By Marilyn M. Aciego

CLERMONT, Fla.—The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a Davenport woman late Saturday night.

Around 11:20 p.m., a 78-year-old Clermont man was driving a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis northbound on U.S. Highway 27 approaching Sawgrass Bay Boulevard near Clermont, when he failed to see a 2024 Yamaha motorcycle ahead of him, according to FHP.

The Mercury struck the motorcycle, and a 2023 Telsa Model Y being driven by a 48-year-old Clermont man, then rear-ended the Mercury. The motorcyclist, a 39-year-old Davenport woman, was transported to AdventHealth – Four Corners Emergency Room, where she was pronounced deceased.

The driver of the Mercury, and his passenger, an 80-year-old Clermont woman, and the driver of the Tesla, and his passengers, a 40-year-old woman, and an 80-year-old man, both of Clermont, were not injured. The crash remains under investigation.

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PHOTO: Tavares Police Department body cam.

Motorcyclist and passenger fighting for their lives after Tavares crash Friday morning

Inside Scoop, Leesburg, Tavares / By Marilyn M. Aciego

TAVARES, Fla.—A motorcyclist and his passenger are fighting for their lives after crashing into the back of a pickup truck Friday morning, according to Tavares Police Department.

According to witnesses, shortly before 9:30 a.m., a 61-year-old Tavares man driving a white 2015 Chevy Silverado was on State Road 19 southbound stopped at the light at Dead River Road. A 74-year-old man, who has a home in Leesburg and Michigan, was riding a 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle southbound on State Road 19 and failed to slow as he approached the light, TPD Public Information Officer Courtney Sullivan said.

The motorcycle slammed into the back of the Silverado, throwing the Leesburg man, and his passenger, an 82-year-old woman, from the bike, critically injuring both of them. They were each airlifted to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries, Sullivan said. Their names have not been released, pending notification of next of kin. The driver of the Silverado was not injured.

The crash closed a portion of State Road 19 for more than three hours.

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Paisley motorcyclist killed in Volusia County crash Friday

Inside Scoop / By Marilyn M. Aciego

DeLEON SPRINGS, Fla.—A 71-year-old Paisley man was killed Friday when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a sign post, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The man was riding a 2024 Harley-Davidson Nightster westbound on West Retta Street in Deleon Springs when he attempted to make a left turn onto Grand Avenue. He lost control of the bike, ran off the road and struck a sign post, shortly before 1:30 p.m., FHP said.

He was pronounced deceased on the scene.

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Fatal motorcycle crash shuts down SR 44 outside of Eustis Saturday

Eustis, Inside Scoop, Unincorporated Lake / By Marilyn M. Aciego

EUSTIS, Fla.—A motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon after striking a concrete mailbox, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The man was riding a 2020 Harley-Davidson FXLRS on State Road 44 when he failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the road, and hit the mailbox near Bottany Woods Drive, in unincorporated Eustis, shortly after 5 p.m.

He was transported to AdventHealth DeLand, where he was pronounced deceased, FHP said. The crash closed State Road 44 and it was still closed nearly three hours after the crash.

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Umatilla motorcyclist killed, another seriously injured after wrong-way driver causes late night crash

Eustis, Inside Scoop, Umatilla / By Marilyn M. Aciego

EUSTIS, Fla.—A wrong-way crash killed a 20-year-old man and sent a 41-year-old man to the hospital shortly before midnight Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 49-year-old Eustis man was driving a 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 westbound in the eastbound lane of State Road 44 when he struck a 2024 Harley-Davidson Sportster head-on, near Hammond Lane. The 20-year-old rider was killed; a second motorcyclist, a 41-year-old man riding 2003 Suzuki VL800K, swerved and laid the bike down on the roadway, FHP said.

The 20-year-old Umatilla man was pronounced deceased on the scene, the 41-year-old man, also of Umatilla, was transported to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Ram was not injured. The crash remains under investigation.

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A motorcyclist was struck and killed early Monday morning as he traveled northbound on U.S. Highway 441 by a truck attempting to turn into Eustis Village entrance seen here in this file photo. PHOTO: Marilyn M. Aciego

Police release name of motorcyclist killed early Monday

Astatula, Eustis, Inside Scoop / By Marilyn M. Aciego

EUSTIS, Fla.—Eustis Police Department has released the name of the man killed while riding a motorcycle Monday morning.

Graman Matos Mangual, 38, of DeLand was riding a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle northbound on U.S. Highway 441, north of David Walker Drive around 6:30 a.m. Monday when a black GMC pickup truck struck the motorcycle as the truck attempted to turn left into Eustis Village plaza, EPD Capt. Ken Toler said.

Mangual was pronounced deceased on the scene, the driver of the truck, Anthony Campbell, 55, of Astatula was not injured. The crash remained under investigation at press time Wednesday.

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Motorcyclist killed in Eustis crash Monday

Eustis, Inside Scoop, Tavares / By Marilyn M. Aciego

EUSTIS, Fla.—Eustis Police Department is investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist before daybreak Monday.

The motorcyclist was riding a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle northbound on U.S. Highway 441, north of David Walker Drive around 6:30 a.m. when he was struck by a black GMC pickup truck attempting to make a left turn into Eustis Village shopping plaza, EPD Capt. Ken Toler told Inside Lake. The plaza contains Publix, Sonic and numerous other restaurants and retail businesses.

The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased on the scene; his name has not been released, pending notification of next of kin. The driver of the truck was not injured. Tavares Police Department assisted with traffic control and the crash closed a portion of U.S. Highway 441 for more than three hours.

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