Speed Believed to Be Factor in Fatal U.S. 19 Motorcycle Crash
CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Largo man was killed in a motorcycle crash just after midnight Monday, closing southbound lanes of U.S. 19 for several hours as authorities investigated the scene.
Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to the single-vehicle accident, which occurred in the southbound lanes of U.S. 19 just south of Enterprise Road.
According to witnesses, a motorcycle, reportedly speeding, crashed into the barrier separating the main highway from the access road. The driver, identified as Leon Webb, 26, of Largo, was pronounced dead at the scene…