USF Student, 22, Killed In Fletcher Avenue Crash

TAMPA, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Friday morning crash that claimed the life of a 22-year-old University of South Florida student.

According to the agency, Andres Alfredo Castillo of Tampa was riding a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 636 east on Fletcher Avenue around 10:19 a.m. June 23. As Castillo neared the intersection with 50th Street North, deputies say Shavarra R. Cobb, 34, of Tampa was heading west on Fletcher in a Hyundai Elantra.

Cobb, an email from the sheriff’s office said, made a left turn into the motorcycle’s path. “Mr. Castillo braked and laid the motorcycle on its side,” the email said. Castillo, however, “struck the right rear of the Hyundai.”

Deputies say Cobb pulled over on 50th Street North and ran back to the scene as Community Service Officer Christopher White spotted the wreckage and radioed it in.

The crash was initially reported by the sheriff's office as involving a pedestrian. Authorities updated the information shortly before 2 p.m. Castillo died at the scene, deputies said.

The accident remains under investigation with charges pending the outcome.

Further information is not yet available.