INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 58-year-old Sebastian man died Monday afternoon after an SUV made an improper left turn into the path of his motorcycle on 37th Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred about 3:43 p.m. in the 1800 block of 37th Street, east of U.S. 1 in unincorporated Indian River County near the Vero Beach city limits. The 82-year-old Barefoot Bay woman, driving a Toyota RAV4, was traveling east and stopped in the roadway while waiting to turn left into the parking lot of Hope Imaging at Indian River MRI, troopers said.
The Sebastian man was riding a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle westbound on 37th Street when the SUV turned into his path. The front right corner of the RAV4 struck the front of the motorcycle in the westbound lane. Both vehicles came to rest on the north shoulder.
The woman was taken to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital with minor injuries. The motorcyclist was transported to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to troopers. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital is not a trauma center.
FHP does not release the names of people involved in crashes. Troopers briefly closed the westbound lanes of 37th Street between U.S. 1 and 17th Avenue while they investigated. The crash remains under investigation.
