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2 thrown off motorcycle, plunge 41 feet, troopers say

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Authorities say a motorcycle struck the I-275 ramp and the driver and passenger fell onto Ashley Drive from the overpass.

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Published: April 12, 2009

Updated: 04/13/2009 05:29 am

TAMPA - A motorcycle crash on Interstate 275 near downtown Tampa on Sunday night killed the driver and critically injured a passenger, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Gregory L. Lewis, 55, of Mansfield, Ohio, was driving northbound on I-275 in the outside lane approaching the downtown Tampa exit when he veered across the center and inside lanes of I-275 and sideswiped the inside lane concrete barrier wall, troopers said. The crash happened at 8:15 p.m.

The impact threw Lewis and his passenger, 52-year-old Bonnie Lewis, also of Mansfield, over the wall. They plunged 41 feet and landed on the grass shoulder of Green Street, troopers said.

Gregory Lewis died at the scene. Bonnie Lewis was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in critical condition. She was in surgery early this morning, a Florida Highway Patrol duty officer said.

Neither the driver nor the passenger was wearing a helmet, troopers said.

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