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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 25, 2008

Motorcyclist dies

PORT RICHEY - The victim of a hit-and-run motorist who ran a stop sign and caused a crash on U.S. 19 on June 18 has died of his injuries.

Troopers are conducting a homicide investigation and have surveillance camera footage of a silver Pontiac Grand Am four-door sedan with heavy damage to the driver's door leaving the scene.

A witness told Florida Highway Patrol troopers that the driver appeared to be a white woman, Sgt. Steve Gaskins reported after the crash.
Gaskins reported that motorcyclist Nicholas Burns Jr., 22, of Beverly Hills, in Citrus County, died Thursday.

Burns, who wasn't wearing a helmet, was riding his 2007 motorcycle north on U.S. 19 at 2:49 p.m. when a driver heading west on Bougainvillea Drive ignored a stop sign and drove into Burns' path.

The car's driver did not stop and instead headed south on U.S. 19, Gaskins reported.

Anyone with information about the Grand Am is asked to call FHP Traffic Homicide Sgt. Heather Glenny at 1-800-235-6019.

-TAMPA TRIBUNE REPORT

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