TAMPA - The City of Tampa and other defendants face charges in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court after a bicyclist was injured while in the bicycle lane.
According to documents filed on March 17, plaintiff Dwayne Fredrick of Hillsborough County was biking on West Cleveland Street in Tampa on March 18, 2019. He was approaching the intersection with Howard Ave in the designated bike lanes when he was struck and ran over by a pickup truck heading in the same direction, the suit says.
Fredrick suffered serious and life-threatening injuries, according to the suit.
The City of Tampa, the road maintenance company Ajax Paving Industries Inc. and the State of Florida Department of Transportation are each charged with negligence and loss of consortium.
The plaintiff is represented by Larson Johnson PL of Tampa.