FHP: Young man dies after being ejected from motorcycle in St. Johns County

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol reported a deadly motorcycle crash Wednesday morning on State Road 16 in St. Johns County.

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Preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 2:10 a.m., a 21-year-old man from St. Augustine was traveling westbound in the inside lane of SR 16 near Jardine Avenue.

The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cyclist failed to negotiate a turn and travel into the eastbound lanes onto the shoulder. It was there he struck a traffic sign and was ejected onto the shoulder.