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Saturday, October 25, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLA 62-year-old motorcyclist who was injured in a crash with a vehicle in Mandarin last month died Wednesday, November 5. Robert Ford and another person were riding a motorcycle on Old St. Augustine Road the afternoon of Oct. 25 when a vehicle crossed the northbound lanes of Old St. Augustine to make a left turn. The front of the vehicle struck the motorcycle, and the two riders were thrown from the vehicle. Ford died Wednesday from his injuries. Police said he was not wearing a helmet, but later information confirmed that he was.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLThe Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating the cause of a deadly crash of a motorcycle trying to avoid hitting a garbage truck early Thursday morning in Mandarin.
Police said a Waste Pro garbage truck was pulling out of the Village Green complex of townhouses at 6:35 a.m. when a motorcycle southbound on Old St. Augustine Road went down trying to avoid hitting the truck.
The motorcyclist, 25-year-old Robert Bentley III, died at the scene of the crash.