A 27-year-old Gainesville woman is dead after she was hit by a car Monday night in Palatka. She was riding a bicycle at about 9:45 p.m. in the 7300 block of St. Johns Avenue near Wes Larson Boulevard, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states.
A 2020 Kia Forte was traveling westbound on St. Johns Avenue and swerved into the left portion of the two-lane roadway striking the bicyclist, the news release states.
The driver of the Kia, listed in the FHP report as a 35-year-old man, left the scene of foot. The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, the news release states…