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Driver Hits Motorcyclist, Flees

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 19, 2008

PORT RICHEY - Troopers were looking for a grayish car with damage to the driver's side after a hit-and-run crash Wednesday afternoon that left a Citrus County man in critical condition.

Nicholas Burns Jr., 22, of Beverly Hills, was riding his 2007 motorcycle north on U.S. 19 at 2:49 p.m. when a driver heading west on Bougainvillea Drive ignored a stop sign and drove into Burns' path, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins of the Florida Highway Patrol.

Instead of stopping, the driver, described by a witness as a white woman, headed south on U.S. 19.

Burns, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Gaskins said.

No specifics on his injuries were available later Wednesday.

David Sommer

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