A 44-year-old Winter Park man died on Saturday evening after his scooter was struck by an SUV in Orange County.
The fatal crash occurred at around 6:05 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, near the intersection of Palmetto Avenue and Sandscove Court in Winter Park.
According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2006 Ford Expedition was heading southbound on Palmetto Avenue, south of the Sandscove Court intersection, in the outside lane. At the same time, the Winter Park man was riding his scooter in the bicycle lane along Palmetto Avenue.
The report stated that the SUV began to make a right turn onto a private driveway when its front right section collided with the scooter.
The scooter’s rider was transported to AdventHealth Winter Park, where he was pronounced deceased. An FHP trooper noted in the report that the rider was not wearing a helmet.
The driver and sole occupant of the SUV, a 59-year-old Orlando man, was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation, according to FHP.