Family speaks out on fatal Gasparilla Road motorcycle crash
A trip up the street to the Dollar Tree forever changed a family's life.
Amanda Cannon tells us she lost her husband to a motorcycle crash on Gasparilla Road and Keystone Boulevard back on Jan. 20. She said he died instantly.
"He said he didn't suffer because that was the thing I was worried about," Cannon said. "His injuries were horrific."
She called her mom, Jen Cannon, right away.
"I said, 'No, what? Are you crying? Do you know what's going on? What happened?'" she said."Then she told me, and my heart just dropped to my stomach. I said, 'I'll get there as soon as I can.'"
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a car stopped on Gasparilla Road in the left turn lane, but the driver failed to yield. The front of the motorcycle hit the right of the car.
"They're all very uncalled for, but with this one, there was no way he couldn't have seen him," Cannon said. "The way the accident happened, there was no way."
There have been seven fatal crashes around the Gulf Coast since the start of the year.
"That's terrible," she said. "That's horrible. People don’t look out for motorcycles, and they're everywhere, especially down here."
The FHP provided tips when it comes to these types of crashes. It said to look both ways before crossing the roadway, be a good judge of speed,d and look twice for motorcycles.
That's because one crash can change so many lives — like Amanda and Jen Cannon's.
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