Bicyclist Killed In Belleair Bluffs After Hitting Car

BELLEAIR BLUFF, FL -- The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a bicyclist following a crash on Sunday.

According to the sheriff's office, at 8:42 p.m. Feb. 17 17-year-old Kendra Sharp of Roberts Road in Odessa was driving her 2016 Mercedes AMG G63 north on Harbor View Lane, approaching the stop sign at West Bay Drive.

Deputies say 56-year-old Anthony Violante of Tropic Boulevard in Largo was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk on West Bay Drive, approaching Harbor View Lane, without front or rear lights on his bicycle.

After making a complete stop, Sharp was turning west onto West Bay Drive when Violante struck the front driver's corner of Sharp's car, ejecting him from his bicycle. Violante was not wearing a helmet.

He was taken to Regional Medical Center Bayfront St. Petersburg where he died.

Image via Pinellas Sheriff

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