HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — A Lakeland motorcyclist is dead after he fell off his bike and was hit by a tractor-trailer that left the scene in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said this happened at around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday when the 26-year-old motorcyclist was speeding westbound on State Road 400.
The motorcyclist tried to lane-split pass two tractor-trailers driving in the center and outside lanes adjacent to each other before he lost control and fell off the motorcycle, FHP said…