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Motorcyclist dies after head-on collision in Bradford County

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BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. — A 24-year-old Raiford man is dead after a pickup truck crashed into him while he was riding a motorcycle on West Weldon Street near North Orange Street. The collision happened Tuesday at about 5:36 p.m.

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The pickup truck, driven by a 68-year-old Starke man, was traveling westbound on West Weldon Street when he, “failed to observe eastbound traffic, traveled into the eastbound travel lane,” a Florida Highway Patrol news release states. The pickup and motorcycle collided head on, the news release states.

The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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