TAMPA, Fla. - A motorcyclist is dead and a pickup truck driver was taken to the hospital after a crash on Fowler Avenue in Tampa Monday evening.
The Tampa Police Department said the fatal crash happened in the 2200 block of East Fowler Avenue. Officers said a motorcycle struck a Chevy pickup truck.
Once police were on scene, they provided emergency first aid to the motorcyclist, but they did die. According to TPD, the driver of the pickup truck was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The eastbound lanes of Fowler Avenue were closed off between North 22nd Street and North 30th Street. Officer were asking drivers to use a different route while they investigated the crash.