Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Crash

A 32-year-old man is in serious condition following a Monday night motorcycle crash on 1st Avenue South and 42nd Street.

St. Petersburg Police say Michael Adalberto Villafane was heading eastbound in the center lane of 1st Avenue South around 7:30 p.m. at an “extreme rate of speed” as Reginald Presley, 31, was headed north on 42nd Street. Presley pulled into the intersection from a stop sign, into Villafane’s path. Villafane’s 2006 Kawasaki struck the front left of Presley’s Sierra, throwing him over the truck’s hood.

Villafane was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

“Physical evident and witness statements place Villafane’s speed at over 100 mph just prior to the crash,” Officer Scott Blanchette wrote in an email to media.

It is unclear at this time what charges might be pending.