Woman dies in Lake County motorcycle crash

Second motorcyclist in serious condition

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman died Sunday after she crashed her motorcycle while trying to negotiate a curve on County Road 42, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Ellis Holmes, 59, was on her Harley-Davidson motorcycle riding alongside Guy Mitchell, 52, who was also on a motorcycle. Both motorcycles went down as they entered the curve, but troopers aren't sure if theyone another.

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Holmes' motorcycle skidded off the road and hit a pole. Both riders were wearing helmets. 

Holmes, of Ocoee, died in the crash. Mitchell, of Apopka, was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

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