Archer man killed in motorcycle accident in Newberry
April 2, 2025
Staff report from Florida Highway Patrol release
NEWBERRY, Fla. – A 19-year-old Archer man was killed last night when his motorcycle hit a pickup truck while he was trying to pass other cars.
At about 8 p.m. on April 1, a 46-year-old Newberry man driving a pickup truck was traveling southbound on SR 45 and attempted to make a left turn north of SW 46th Avenue. A 19-year-old Archer man riding a motorcycle was traveling northbound on SR 45 and attempting to lawfully pass vehicles when the motorcycle hit the pickup truck.
The Archer man succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash; according to the Florida Highway Patrol release, he was wearing a helmet. The pickup truck driver was uninjured and was wearing a seatbelt.
Advertisement
12 Comments
City Commission, “Okay, that’s enough already. Time to ban motorcycles.”
Better yet, let’s ban ignorant statements such as yours.
Sure Lacking Common Sense, just because you likely voted for the idiots who do nothing more than make knee jerk reactions and waste money doesn’t make you a rocket scientist, in fact, if you did vote for them my intro to you would be far more appropriate.
Speed tables on University Ave because the City can’t convince law enforcement to enforce the laws. Maybe they should get the Ambassadors to help people use the crosswalks. How’s all their other “feel good ideas” working?
This is so easy! Let’s just ban, yet another, ignorant statement such as yours…..lol.
Still lacking common sense: people like yourself hate it when reality slaps them in the face. Good thing we have freedom of speech from idiots like yourself.
Despite your efforts.
Now that was easy.
Womp Womp
Sounds like they were both cutting it too close?
The archer man is genuinely one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, the amount of disrespect towards him in this comment section already when he was not at fault for the crash is absolutely atrocious, please consider mental help if you’re posting those comments.
Which comment disrespected him?
The young man on the motorcycle may have been passing legally but one of the things I learned driving was to make sure there was plenty of time/distance to complete the action of passing. If not, someone’s likely to get hurt or in this case killed. Often times, intersections are no passing zones. I wasn’t there and all I have to go on is the report that indicated he was passing legally and I’m fairly confident the truck driver was making a legal turn as well.
That’s not disrespectful, that’s a logical conclusion.
Lawfully ,i believe that means the truck did not have his turn signal on. RIP nightrider
Lawfully pass? The article reports the southbound pickup was hit by a motorcycle that was in the southbound lane going north. The pickup in its own lane was the true victim here.
What a sad, sad, accident. Prayers for the family of the 19 year old, and for the truck driver who I’m sure is having a rough time of it even though it was an accident. I think a little empathy all round would be better than trying to assign blame.