ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A man riding an electric bicycle Saturday night in Orange City was killed when he was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver, according to police.
The bicyclist — identified as Joel Acevedo, 35, of Orange City — was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release.
The crash occurred around 8:29 p.m. on East Graves Avenue near Raintree Drive as Acevedo rode the bicycle west in the westbound lane, the release states. A 2016 four-door Hyundai driven by an 80-year-old Deltona man was traveling east in the westbound lane when it struck Acevedo head-on in the 1000 block of East Graves Avenue, according to police.
Both vehicles sustained signifigant damage and the Deltona man was hospitalized for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, the release states.
Orange City police are still investigating. The Deltona man was not facing charges at the time of this report.
Anyone with additional information about the crash is urged to contact Sgt. Brian Kibbe or Officer Joshua Hoffman at 386-775-9999.
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