Motorcycle Crashes Head-on Into Prius

Two drivers, including a St. Pete man, were injured Thursday night in St. Pete Beach, when deputies say a motorcycle drove head-on into a Prius.

Joseph William Maksimowicz, 21, of St. Petersburg man was hospitalized in critical condition, as a trauma alert, after the 2004 Suzuki motorcycle he was driving north crossed into the southbound lane on Blind Pass Road.

Deputies say that the motorcycle was traveling at "an excessive rate of speed when it crossed into the Prius' lane and struck the Toyota head-on."

The Prius was driven by Yeinny Yocasta Owens, 33, of Madeira Beach. The driver of the Prius was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators say that "alcohol does appear to be a factor in the crash," according to a press release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

The accident occurred at about 9:37 p.m. Thursday, April 11, on the 9100 block of Blind Pass Road in St. Pete Beach.

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