Crime & Safety
Man Dies After DeSoto Memorial Highway Crash
A 34-year-old man has died days after suffering critical injuries in a Bradenton crash.
BRADENTON, FL — A 34-year-old Palmetto man has died days after his BMW crashed into a tree near the DeSoto National Memorial in Bradenton.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, John Richard Niebor died on April 4. Niebor was injured in a March 31 crash along DeSoto Memorial Highway near 79th Street Northwest.
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Niebor, a patrol report said, was driving a BMW north on DeSoto Memorial Highway around 10:37 p.m. As he approached the intersection with 79th Street Northwest, his car went off the road, onto the east shoulder and struck a tree.
Niebor was taken to Blake Hospital with critical injuries, but was pronounced dead April 4. The patrol released the update in the case on Thursday.
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The crash remains under investigation. Troopers say Niebor was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Alcohol is not a suspected factor, the patrol’s report noted.
Further information is not yet available.
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