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Motorcyclist Ejected, Killed In Crash

Man Collided With Pickup At Intersection

POSTED: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
UPDATED: 11:40 am EDT March 26,2008

A Merritt Island man was killed early Wednesday morning when he was ejected from his motorcycle in a collision with a pickup in Brevard County.

Edward Herbert Hight, 50, was pronounced dead at Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge after the crash that occurred at 1:02 a.m. at Grissom and Port St. John parkways in Port St. John.

The driver of the truck, Richard Albert Jones, 43, of Titusville, was not injured, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

Florida Highway Patrol trooper Cpl. Dean Martin reported that Jones was traveling northbound on Grissom Parkway at the intersection of Port St. John Parkway while Hight was headed southbound. Martin stated that two witnesses said both drivers had solid green lights, but that Jones attempted to make a left turn in front of Hight.

Hight struck Jones on the right passenger side of the truck.

No charges have been filed in the crash.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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