Crime & Safety

Tricyclist Dies After Pasco County Crash: FL Highway Patrol

A woman riding a tricycle was killed in a crash in Dade City early Sunday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

DADE CITY, FL — A tricyclist died after an early Sunday morning crash in Dade City, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

An SUV traveling west on Long Avenue overtook and hit the tricyclist, a 46-year-old Dade City woman, west of 15th Street just before 2 a.m.

The tricyclist had no lights at the time of the crash, FHP said.

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The woman was brought to an area hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

Troopers didn’t say whether the SUV driver, a 43-year-old Dade City man, was injured.

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