Man on skateboard struck, killed by motorcycle

FHP says motoryclist suffered life threatening injures in early-morning crash

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A 23-year-old riding a skateboard in the middle of a Fleming Island street early Saturday morning died after he was struck by a motorcycle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers say Kyle Klocek was on a skateboard in the westbound travel lane of Bald
Eagle Road near Lake Terrance Lane about 1 a.m. when he was struck by a westbound motorcycle ridden by Arthur Zimmerly, of Jacksonville.

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Klocek died at the scene.

The motorcycle overturned, throwing Zimmerly onto the road. He was transported to UF Health Jacksonville with life-threatening injuries.

According to the FHP accident report, Bald Eagle Road is not lighted.  As part of the investigation, blood-alcohol tests on both Zimmerly and Klocek were conducted and the results are pending.