MAN ON ELECTRIC SCOOTER KILLED AFTER CRASHING INTO VEHICLE IN KEY LARGO

A 71-year-old man using on an electrical bicycle died after he collided with a truck at MM 99 in Key Largo on Sunday night.

In response to Florida Freeway Patrol, the person on the scooter was touring north on the southbound sidewalk of U.S. 1 and approaching Bay Drive on Sunday night round 6:25 p.m. A 2021 Chevy Silverado was touring east on Bay Drive and getting ready to make a proper flip to proceed south on U.S. 1. 

Because the Silverado began to show onto U.S. 1, troopers say, the person on the scooter didn’t cease and yield on the sidewalk cease signal and collided with the truck’s entrance proper quarter panel. The person was taken to Baptist Well being South Florida Mariners Hospital the place he later died from his accidents. 

Sunday’s accident marks the fifth deadly car accident within the Higher Keys since March 17. Final week, a 69-year-old Florida man was struck and killed whereas trying to cross U.S. 1 in Key Largo the morning of April 1. 

The opposite three accidents occurred in Islamorada at MM 79, the place a husband and spouse had been hit and killed trying to cross U.S. 1 on March 20; at MM 90, the place a car struck and killed a 71-year-old who was strolling on the sidewalk on March 21; and at MM 82, the place a California bicyclist was struck and killed trying to cross the freeway on March 17.