A 37-year-old Deltona man on a motorcycle was killed early Sunday morning on I-95 just north of the Old Dixie Highway interchange after rear-ending an SUV.
The crash took place at 2:10 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95, at mile marker 282. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the motorcyclist and the SUV were both in the right travel lanes when the motorcyclist struck the vehicle and was ejected. The black SUV then was reported to have struck the guard rail and ended up facing south, according to 911 dispatch notes.
A 22-year-old Palm Coast man was driving the SUV, with a 21-year-old passenger. Neither was injured. The crash blocked all lanes of the highway northbound. Authorities placed an emergency helicopter on standby but did not call it in. The motorcyclist was located in the woods , unresponsive, and was pronounced deceased at the scene at 2:23 a.m.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office sent up a drone over the woods to rule out the possibility that the motorcyclist was not alone. After a 10-minute survey, the drone did not pick up any heat signatures. Traffic was rerouted at Old Dixie Highway as the Florida Highway Patrol conducted the traffic homicide investigation. The road was reopened shortly before 5 a.m.
It was the 13th fatality on Flagler County roads so far this year, the third involving a motorcyclist. Three cyclists have also been killed.
The day before, Flagler County’s motorcycle community was mourning the loss of one of their own in a separate motorcycle crash on Saturday on U.S. 1 in Volusia County, Cw Clarence Mauck, a trucker who called his rig the Pavement Princess.
Charles says
13thFatality this year in Flagler County, that sure isn’t good. We need more patrol officers out there. Just see for yourself how very few obey the speed limits and how many do you see swerving in and out of lanes with no turn signals on, nd of course running red lights.
We have all witnessed it. People start being responsible out there.
Toni Gattie says
He ran into the back of the SUV. Not another way to put it! Seems like he was speeding and misjudged the SUV.
TR says
At that early in the morning there aren’t many people on the interstate so I wish we could find out what the actual cause of the accident was. The motorcycle driver can not say anything and I’ll bet that if it happened the way I think it happened, then the two people from the suv aren’t going to tell the truth either. Sad story anyway.
Harold Krodel says
That bike flew by us like we were up on blocks. I was doing 70
Bill Boots says
don’t tailgate
Harold Krodel says
Actually the road was reopened just before 7 am
Nellie says
This is what happens when you increase population everything else follows, including traffic crime congestion. This place will be a real zoo in two or three years just like Orlando.
Dave says
2:10 a.m. , i would bet speed played a big role in this. And was the motorcycle driver impaired. Some interesting info. Drowsy-driving crashes are most likely to happen between midnight and 6 a.m., says NHTSA.