{"id":63029,"date":"2025-11-27T22:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63029\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:57:12","slug":"sudden-lane-change-proves-fatal-for-st-petersburg-e-bike-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63029\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden Lane Change Proves Fatal For St. Petersburg E-Bike Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ambulance.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ambulance.jpeg\" alt=\"An ambulance is speeding down the road\" class=\"wp-image-52991\" title=\"Sudden Lane Change Proves Fatal For St. Petersburg E-Bike Rider 1\"  \/><\/a>Ambulance (Source: Unsplash)<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 A man has died days after a late-night collision involving his electric bicycle and a passing sedan, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday, November 23. Investigators say 55-year-old Shapon Sarder was traveling south on 49th Street North in the curb lane, approaching 39th Avenue North, on a Gotrax e-bike.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons still under investigation, Sarder reportedly began riding diagonally toward the southeast, crossing directly into the path of a southbound Hyundai Sonata. The driver of the Hyundai was unable to stop in time, striking the e-bike.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampafp.com\/failure-to-yield-turns-deadly-inverness-man-killed-in-early-morning-rollover\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Failure To Yield Turns Deadly: Inverness Man Killed In Early Morning Rollover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarder was thrown from the bike upon impact and suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the sedan halted immediately and remained at the scene until authorities arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews transported Sarder to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital for treatment. He died from his injuries on Wednesday, November 26, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Please make a small\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=KWYEB8X3JQ2MY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">donation to the Tampa Free Press to help sustain independent journalism<\/a>. Your contribution enables us to continue delivering high-quality, local, and national news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up:\u00a0Subscribe to our free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tampafp.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for a curated selection of top stories delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ambulance (Source: Unsplash) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 A man has died days after a late-night collision involving his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-63029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}