ORLANDO, Fla — Florida Highway Patrol says a motorcyclist is dead after hitting a concrete barrier in a crash that had Old Winter Garden Road closed for four hours Monday morning.
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Troopers were dispatched to the intersection of Old Winter Garden Road and Ivey Lane just before 4:00 a.m.
According to FHP, a motorcyclist was heading west on Old Winter Garden Road when they failed to negotiate a curve as they approached Ivey Lane. The motorcycle ran off the roadway and into a concrete barrier where the driver was thrown from the bike.
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The driver was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center where they later died.
FHP did not release the name of the driver, only that he was a 34-years-old and from Orlando.
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