A 19-year-old suffered serious injuries after he crashed into a truck and was thrown from his motorcycle on Bearss Avenue in Hillsborough County.
TAMPA, Fla. — A teen is seriously injured after being thrown from his motorcycle when he crashed.
The 19-year-old from Iverness was driving at a high speed on Tuesday night on an exit ramp from I-275 to Bearss Avenue. When he departed the ramp, he struck a concrete traffic island, entered Bearss Avenue and collided with another car.
The other vehicle was a Chevrolet Silverado towing trailer, driven by a 41-year-old Tampa man, according to troopers.
When the collision happened, the teen was thrown from the motorcycle and suffered serious injuries. The truck driver was not injured.