18-year-old on motorcycle dies after being hit by elderly driver that allegedly failed to yield when turning on Woodridge Drive in The Villages, Florida
Teen motorcyclist killed in crash with vehicle driven by 93-year-old in The Villages
The 93-year-old man from Lady Lake was driving a car westbound shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday on Woodridge Drive when he turned left into the path of the motorcycle, ridden by an 18-year-old male from Oxford, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
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