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Kissimmee Biker Dies In Wreck

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The Orlando Sentinel reported that a Kissimmee motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 41-year-old motorcyclist Monday evening when a car turned in front of him, causing a collision. 

According to the accident report filled out by responding emergency agencies, the motorcyclist, an Orlando resident 41 years of age, was riding north on South Poinciana Boulevard near Old Tampa Highway when a van turned left in front of him. 

The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead after succumbing to his injuries. The van’s driver, a man 33 years of age, was not injured in the vehicular accident. The accident is being investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol.

NickiSwift.com reported on the long-term effects of the death of famous singer/actress Bella Thorne, who was killed on a Florida road in 2007 while riding a motorcycle. “My father died in a motorcycle accident. I’m not mature enough to accept the responsibility of perhaps taking someone else’s life,” Thorne noted, discussing why she waited so long in life to get her driver’s license. She also discussed how hard it was financially to survive after his death before she got her big break on Disney’s hit show “Shake It Up”.

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