Dunnellon, Fla : Two motorcyclists killed in crashes near Dunnellon High school on 26th April 2014

The Florida Highway Patrol says two motorcyclists died when their sport bikes left the road, went through a fence and ran into trees.

The crash happened late Saturday in Dunnellon but wasn't discovered until Sunday morning when Rainbow River State Park employees showed up for work.

According to the report, Justin William Richard, 22, of Weeki Wachee and Douglas Scott Keller, 27, of Citrus Springs were headed south on Southwest 180th Avenue Road about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when they both “failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and drove off the roadway.”

Both were wearing helmets, according to the report. Both were traveling “at a high rate of speed.”

The area where the road curves is about midway between the state park’s campground entrance to the north and an entrance for the river’s popular tubing. Across the road from where the motorcycles hit the fence is a lightpole above an entrance to Dunnellon High School; it’s not known if the light was on at the time.

After leaving the road, according to the report, the motorcyclists went straight onto a grassy shoulder for about 100 feet before cutting through the fence.

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2 motorcyclists killed in north Fla. crash