Motorcycle Rider Killed After Hitting Utility Pole in Vero Beach

VERO BEACH — A 25-year-old man died early Friday after the motorcycle he was driving left the roadway and struck a concrete utility pole, according to the Vero Beach Police Department.

Officers responded to the intersection of Eighth Avenue and 21st Street after receiving a report of a deceased person in the grassy median. The man was identified as the driver of a 2008 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle.

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An investigation found the motorcycle left the roadway as it approached the intersection and crashed into the pole.

Police said the driver was captured on multiple traffic cameras along U.S. 1 as he entered the city limits of Vero Beach around 12:30 a.m. Friday. Analysis by the department’s traffic division determined the motorcycle was traveling at 113 mph when it passed through the intersection of 15th Place and U.S. 1, about a half-mile from the crash scene.

Speed was the sole contributing factor in the crash, the Vero Beach police said.