A 50-year-old Marietta, Ohio man died Wednesday night when he drove his motorcycle off County Road 345 west of Chiefland and collided with a wooden fence.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the man was driving north on NW CR 345 at 10:20 p.m. when he attempted to negotiate a right-hand curve and crossed over the center line, entering the CR 345 southbound lane. He continued traveling north, crossing over NW 100th Street where he entered the north grass shoulder and collided with a wooden fence.
Emergency responders declared the driver dead at the scene. Â
In the past week in Levy County, a 74-year-old Morriston man died on Thursday, Dec. 7, when he pulled out in front of a semi pulling a flatbed trailer, one person died and another was injured in a Friday, Dec. 8 crash on County Road 337 and a 71-year-old Williston man died and a 23-year-old Williston woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle collision on State Road 121 Monday, Dec. 11.