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Michael B. Ballard, 24, killed after his motorcycle is struck by car driven by Casandra Renita Hafford, 47, who was arrested for DUI, at the intersection of Belleair Road and Missouri Avenue near Clearwater

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

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A woman involved in a fatal motorcycle accident this weekend is in jail Monday morning, according to the Clearwater police report. She admitted she had been drinking alcohol before the crash.

Casandra Renita Hafford, 47, of Clearwater, was turning into Belleair Road from Missouri Avenue in her 2001 Buick Century when her car and a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle collided.

The motorcyclist, Michael B. Ballard, 24, died at the hospital. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said.