Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist, 54, Killed In Tarpon Springs Road Crash

An Odessa man was killed in a Sunday morning crash on Tarpon Springs Road.

ODESSA, FL — A 54-year-old Odessa man was killed in a Sunday morning crash on Tarpon Springs Road.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Nicholas De Santo, 29, of Lutz was driving a 2016 Ford transit van owned by Morgan Air around 9:31 a.m. June 18. As De Santo was heading eastbound onto Tarpon Springs Road from Tyler Road, Hee Soong Lee was riding west on Tarpon Springs Road on a Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager.

Deputies say De Santo did not see the motorcycle and turned into its path. Lee’s motorcycle hit the van, an email from the sheriff’s office said.

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Lee was taken to a local hospital, but was later pronounced dead.

Authorities have released no further information at this time, including whether charges were filed.

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