2 Overnight Crashes In Pinellas Park Leave 1 Woman Dead

PINELLAS PARK, FL — Pinellas Park police are investigating two overnight crashes that left a Riverview woman dead.

On Saturday at 12:45 a.m., police were called to Lake Allen Drive and 118th Avenue for a single-vehicle crash. Police said Jerrica Cole, 24, of Riverview lost control at a curve on 118th Avenue west of Lake Allen Drive and struck a tree in the right of way.

Fire rescue crews had to extricate her from the vehicle. Cole was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

While police were still on the scene of this crash, a second crash occurred on the U.S. 19 northbound entrance ramp from Bryan Dairy Road at 2:20 a.m.

This area is under construction and the entrance ramp is lined with temporary concrete barriers on both sides of the road.

Police said a motorcyclist was traveling south on the northbound entrance ramp when he struck a Volkswagen Jetta traveling north on the northbound entrance ramp head on.

The motorcyclist, Robert Fallon, 22, of Port Richey was thrown from the bike. He is in critical condition at the hospital.

Although witnesses confirmed that the motorcyclists was driving in the wrong direction, the driver of the Jetta, Hannah Kiousis, 23, of Safety Harbor showed signs of impairment and was arrested from driving under the influence.