A motorcyclist is dead after an SUV hit him in Lakeland on Wednesday evening.
Officials said on June 18, around 7:04 p.m., Blake Odom, 26, was traveling east on North Crystal Lake Drive on a black Ducati motorcycle. At the same time, a black Chevrolet Equinox driven by Mia Smith, 32, was stopped at a stop sign on Honeytree Drive.
The SUV then proceeded south across North Crystal Lake Drive. Odom attempted to stop but crashed into the front passenger’s side of the SUV…