HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A deputy from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a traffic accident that killed a motorcyclist Saturday.
On Saturday just after 10 p.m., a deputy conducted a traffic stop near US Highway 301 and Ayersworth Glen Boulevard when a a Yamaha motorcycle, operated by a 25-year-old Riverview man, collided with the marked Hillsborough Sheriff’s Chevy Tahoe.
Despite life-saving measures by the deputy and responding Hillsborough County Fire Rescue paramedics, he was pronounced deceased on the scene. The deputy was not injured.
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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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