Motorcyclist Dies In U.S. 41 Crash With Semi-Truck, FL Troopers Say

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — A speeding motorcyclist died Sunday evening after driving into a semi-truck on U.S. Highway 41, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

The 21-year-old Riverview man was heading north on the highway around 6 p.m., at the same time the truck was headed south on U.S. 41.

At the intersection of 16th Avenue South, the truck, driven by a 55-year-old Wesley Chapel man, turned left into the path of the motorcycle, which hit it, FHP said.

The motorcyclist died at the scene.

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