Motorcyclist Killed In Early MorningCrash On FL Highway

PASCO COUNTY, FL — A motorcyclist died after losing control while heading west on Blanton Road early Monday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

The 34-year-old Dade City man was just east of Lake Iola Road when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road around 2:30 a.m.

He overturned and drove off the road.

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Once he was in the shoulder, he hit a street sign and a tree, FHP said.

He died at the scene.

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