Crime & Safety
Motorcycle Crashes Head-on Into Toyota Prius
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says that alcohol 'appears to be a factor in the crash.'
Two drivers were injured Thursday night in St. Pete Beach, when deputies say a motorcycle drove head-on into a Prius traveling in the opposite direction on Blind Pass Road.
Investigators say that "alcohol does appear to be a factor in the crash," according to a press release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Joseph William Maksimowicz, 21, of St. Petersburg man was hospitalized in critical condition, as a trauma alert, after the 2004 Suzuki motorcycle he was driving north crossed into the southbound lane.
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Deputies say that the motorcycle was traveling at "an excessive rate of speed when it crossed into the Prius' lane and struck the Toyota head-on."
The Prius was driven by Yeinny Yocasta Owens, 33, of Madeira Beach. The driver of the Prius was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries
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The accident occurred at about 9:37 p.m. Thursday, April 11, on the 9100 block of Blind Pass Road in St. Pete Beach.
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