TFP File Photo PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at approximately 11:07 p.m., deputies responded to the area of Patricia Ave
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at approximately 11:07 p.m., deputies responded to the area of Patricia Avenue just south of Virginia Street in Dunedin for a vehicle vs bicyclist crash.
According to investigators, 34-year-old Samuel McVicker was riding his bicycle south on Patricia Avenue in the roadway without bicycle lights.
18-year-old Sofia Dothe-Tlanepantla was also traveling south on Patricia Avenue in her 2015 Toyota Rav4.
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Investigators believe McVicker attempted to cross the southbound lanes of Patricia Avenue just south of Virginia Street on his bicycle when Dothe-Tlanepantla struck him.
McVicker was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
Speed and impairment are not factors in the crash.
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