53-year-old Ellenton man dies in motorcycle crash in Palmetto, FHP says
A 53-year-old Ellenton man died in crash in Palmetto on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
At 4:55 p.m., the Ellenton man was riding a motorcycle south on U.S. 41 in the inside lane, south of 43rd Street, when he swerved into the grassy median hitting a yield sign, FHP said in news release late Sunday.
The motorcycle traveled further south, hitting the right side of a van that was stopped on the paved median turn lane, about to head south on U.S. 41.
The impact knocked the driver off the motorcycle, throwing him onto U.S. 41.
The driver, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His motorcycle landed on the paved shoulder on southbound U.S. 41.
The 51-year-old driver of the van was uninjured.
Jessica De Leon
Bradenton Herald