Bicyclist Dies After St. Pete Crash

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The St. Petersburg Police Department has announced the death of a 51-year-old man following a crash on 62nd Avenue North last week.

According to the police department, Mark William Napier succumbed to his injuries on Sept. 23 at 5:43 p.m. The crash that led to Napier’s death occurred just before 9:30 p.m. Sept. 18 as Stephanie Nichole Brown, 26, was driving west on 62nd Avenue North in a Cadillac. (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from St. Pete Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Police say Brown entered the intersection of 16th Street North under a solid green light. Napier was headed across 62nd Avenue North in a crosswalk that was under a red signal, an email from the police department said.

“The bicyclist rode into the path of the oncoming Cadillac and was struck” the email added.

Napier was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries.

No charges have been announced. Further information is not being released at this time.

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