North Fort Myers Florida Motorcycle Accident Kills Cyclist on Hancock Bridge Parkway Curve
A North Fort Myers Florida motorcycle crash claimed the life of the motorcyclist when he slammed into a PT Cruiser on a deadly Hancock Bridge Parkway curve, earlier this month.
Police say Christopher Zezula, 37, was driving his motorcycle too fast as he traveled eastbound on Hancock Bridge Parkway; he lost control control of his motorcycle on a curve and slammed into a PT Cruiser. Zezula was pronounced dead on the scene. The two motor vehicle occupants were treated at Lee Memorial Hospital for minor injuries. The Lee County Sheriff's Office investigated the scene of the fatal motorcycle-car accident.
The Hancock Bridge Parkway location of this fatal Lee County motorcycle car accident was the same curve where Danny Bougher, a soldier who'd come home to South Florida, was killed by a drunk driver in 2007. According to an MSNBC report, Florida Highway Patrol said a stoplight would not be enough to remedy the problem.
Florida Motorcycle Accidents and Fatalities
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that despite helmet laws, motorcycle accidents and deaths are on the rise nationally. In 2006, NHTSA reported 562 motorcycle rider fatalities for the state of Florida -- 46.7 percent of those killed were not wearing helmets and in 384 cases, operator alcohol use was involved (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2006 Data: Motorcycles. Updated March 2008).
One dead in North Fort Myers crash
MSNBC.com Feb. 2, 2009
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