Charlotte County, FL. – One person was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday afternoon in Charlotte County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 3 p.m. at Gasparilla Road and Keystone Boulevard.
A 66-year-old Lancaster man was driving a car northbound on Gasparilla Road and was making a left turn onto Keystone Boulevard when he struck a motorcycle traveling north on Gasparilla Road.
The motorcyclist, a 42-year-old man from Port Charlotte, was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
The condition of the driver of the car was not disclosed.
More details about the accident were not released.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.