SARASOTA COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Patricia Benavides has been identified as the motorcyclist killed in a Englewood, FL, crash Saturday night before midnight.
Benavides, 54, was operating a motorcycle in the 200 block of Pine St, in Englewood, when for unknown reasons, she exited the roadway and struck a discarded couch that was on the side of the road around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
The collision caused Benavides to be thrown from the bike.
She was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the wreck.
A crash report noted that the victim was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Florida Highway Patrol responded to a motorcycle accident on Saturday, Nov. 17 around 11:36 p.m. According to Florida Highway Patrol, 54-year-old Patricia Benavides was killed in the accident, when she failed to negotiate a curved roadway. Troopers say Benavides traveled off the roadway and hit a discarded couch left on the side of the road. When Benavides the hit couch, the motorcycle overturned and caused her to be separated from the motorcycle. source
Anyone with possible information on the deadly crash should contact police at 911.
Englewood is a census-designated place in Charlotte and Sarasota counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 14,863, according to Wikipedia.
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