PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A 40-year-old woman riding a bike was killed after being struck by a Florida Highway Patrol car Saturday night in Pasco County.
At 9:49 p.m., the trooper in the patrol car was heading northbound on U.S.-301 north of Desrosier Road in Dade City where the 40-year-old on the bike with no lights was traveling near the centerline of the divided, unlighted highway, FHP said in a news release.
The patrol car hit the woman, who's from Lacoochee. She died at the scene of the crash due to her injuries, troopers say.
Authorities have not yet announced the woman's name or said if there will be an investigation of the trooper-involved incident.