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Motorcyclist, 76, injured in two-vehicle crash on SR 70 in Bradenton


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A 76-year-old Bradenton man was transported to Blake Hospital Thursday morning with serious injuries after the motorcycle he was driving hit a car that attempted a U-turn into his path on State Road 70.

The car was being driven by a 91-year-old Bradenton man who had been driving eastbound on S.R. 70 at approximately 9:40 a.m. when he attempted to make a U-turn at the intersection of S.R. 70 and 47th Street East.

The Florida Highway Patrol report said the 91-year-old turned into the motorcycle's path. The 91-year-old man suffered no injuries.

The crash is under investigation.

 

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Jay Heater

Jay Heater is the managing editor of the East County Observer. Overall, he has been in the business more than 41 years, 26 spent at the Contra Costa Times in the San Francisco Bay area as a sportswriter covering college football and basketball, boxing and horse racing.

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