CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FL : A young motorcycle rider was killed and another man was injured in a high-speed crash on Tuesday, November, 14th 2017
Charlotte County, Florida
A young motorcycle rider was killed and another man was injured in a high-speed crash Tuesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.
According to the FHP, Nicholas Kole Novak, 19, of Port Charlotte was riding a Suzuki motorcycle at extremely high speed west on El Jobean Road approaching Cornelius Boulevard at about 7 p.m. David Leonard Smith, 79, of Columbia, Tennessee,1 was driving a Dodge pickup east on El Jobean Road and attempted to turn left onto Cornelius Boulevard.
The motorcycle and pickup collided, FHP reports. The pickup then struck a wooden utility pole.
Novak, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle and died at the scene, FHP says. Smith, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured. A passenger in the pickup, Robert Kirk, 69, of Venice, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The crash is under investigation.
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Port Charlotte biker dies in high-speed crash, FHP reports