Collier man arrested in traffic crash that kills bicyclist, FHP says

A 23-year-old Immokalee man faces charges in the traffic death of a bicyclist Jan. 9 in Collier County.

Silvestre Jeconias Mejia Velasquez was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe west on State Road 29, approaching Hancock Street, about 10:55 p.m., Florida Highway Patrol said.

A man was riding a bicycle and traveling south, trying to cross westbound lanes of State Road 29. The front of the Tahoe hit the man on his bike, the FHP news release said…

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