Pasco Bicyclist Hit and Killed by a Car on US 19
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Hudson, FL (4/1/2020) – A 31-year-old bicyclist died Tuesday afternoon when they merged in front of a car. The accident happened around 2:30 p.m. on US 19 at Hudson Avenue.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Heather Burlingame was driving south on US 19 in her 2013 Nissan Juke when Joshua Allen Petitt pedaled west across the road and entered the southbound lanes. As Petitt got into the southbound lanes, he crossed into the path of Burlingame’s Nissan and was hit.
Emergency responders rushed Petitt to the hospital where he later died of his injuries. Troopers are trying to determine if alcohol was a factor in the crash and there are no charges pending against the driver.
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Source: Tampa Bay Times