FL Woman Alexa Nix ID’d As Suspect In Saturday Night Deadly Jeep-VS-Motorcycle Hit-And-Run

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Alexa Elisabella Nix, of Clearwater, Florida, has been identified as the suspect arrested in a hit-and-run vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist on Saturday night in Pinellas County.

Nix, 24, was taken into custody following a fatal hit-and-run vehicle-versus-motorcycle collision near Largo Saturday night.

According to reports, Nix was operating a Jeep Cherokee on South Missouri Avenue near Bayview Drive in Largo, when the vehicle came into contact with a motorcycle around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Nix then fled the scene.

The operator of the Can-Am motorcycle, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Nix was later located and arrested.

Nix remains jailed as of Sunday morning on a $40,500 bail.

The cause of the deadly incident remains under investigation.

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