Motorcyclist Dies in North Boulevard Crash

An overnight crash in the Carrollwood area left one man dead and sent two people to the hospital.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the accident took place around 9:17 p.m. July 4 on North Boulevard and Patriot Place. A bicycle ridden by Randall Velten, 46, was attempting to cross Capital Drive as a 2012 Taotao scooter driven by Poblito Pickering, 21, was turning left onto Patriot Place from southbound North Boulevard.

Pickering is said to have stopped or slowed down in the northbound lane when he saw the bicycle in his path.

A northbound motorcycle ridden by Thomas Michael Hamilton, 59, however, struck the scooter, which then hit the bicycle. Hamilton died at the scene, according to a sheriff’s office media release. Pickering and his passenger, Shannon Haughton, 18, were taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital for treatment. Velten refused treatment, the release said.

The accident remains under investigation.