SARASOTA – Florida Highway Patrol has announced one person has died and another person was injured during a motorcycle accident Friday night.

According to the report, the crash began as a 22-year-old man from Saraota was riding a motorcycle south on US 41 in the left lane at a high rate of speed approaching the intersection with Landings Boulevard.

As the motorcycle was approaching from the north, a 43-year-old man from Sarasota driving a sedan was heading north on US 41 within the left turn lane closing on the intersection with Landings Boulevard.

At 11:24:00 PM, the driver of the sedan attempted to make a left turn onto Landings Boulevard from US 41 and entered the southbound lanes of travel.

The front of the motorcycle collided with the sedan in the intersection. The force of the crash threw the motorcyclist from his vehicle onto the roadway.

First responders pronounced the motorcyclist deceased at the scene of the accident. The report states that the driver of the sedan also sustained minor injuries in the crash.

FHP has stated that the accident remains under investigation.

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