WILLISTON, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol says a bicyclist was hit and killed Saturday morning in Levy County.
FHP says the bicyclist, Oscar Jeronimo, 23, was riding in the southbound lane of U.S. Route 41 6 miles south of State road 121 when a Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by Robert Kinsey, 53, failed to see the bicyclist in the center lane.
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Police say Jeronimo was not wearing a helmet.
FHP says the driver of the Jeep was traveling between 50 and 55 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
Another driver in a Hyundai Elantra steered onto the shoulder after seeing the initial accident. Another driver in a Volkswagen Beetle tried to steer away from the initial accident but hit the back of Kinsey's Jeep.
No other injuries were reported in this accident.