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Motorcyclist killed in Pasco crash with pickup truck

Troopers said the motorcyclist was traveling at “a high rate of speed” when the driver of a pickup turned in front of him.
 
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Pasco County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Pasco County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. [ Shutterstock ]
Published Jan. 14, 2022|Updated Jan. 14, 2022

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Pasco County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.

Troopers said the motorcyclist, a 37-year-old man from West Palm Beach, was driving south on Little Road “at a high rate of speed” just before 6 p.m. when the driver of a pickup made a left turn in front of him at the intersection with Schrader Boulevard.

The motorcyclist hit the pickup, which was driven by a 34-year-old man from Port Richey. The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The man in the pickup was not injured, troopers said.