Motorcyclists Ejected During Crash on Gandy Blvd
Update: September 25, 2015
58 year-old Linda Diane Johnson of St Petersburg was booked into the Pinellas County Jail yesterday. Facing charges of Driving under the influence and Driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury. Bonded out in the amount of $5500.
Original Post: September 24, 2015 – 8:10 AM
Shortly after 8PM on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, fire rescue crews were dispatched to a motorcycle crash in St. Petersburg. Â The crash was reported on Gandy Blvd in the area of Derby Lane just east of 4th Street N.
Arriving crews located a woman in the roadway that was ejected from a motorcycle.  Both occupants of the motorcycle were transported via Sunstar Paramedics to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg for treatment of their injuries.
According to Steve Gaskins from the Florida HIghway Patrol (FHP), 60 year-old Linda Johnson was stopped at the driveway access of Pinewood Village located at 10441 Gandy Boulevard
North. She was driving a 2005 Honda Civic. A 2004 Suzuki GSX-R was traveling westbound on Gandy Blvd in the inside lane approaching the driveway access of Pinewood Village. Johnson turned right onto Gandy Blvd and attempted to change lanes into the left turn lane and entered the path of the motorcycle. As a result, the front of the motorcycle struck the rear of Honda ejecting the occupants. The driver is identified as 23 year-old Steven Mauk of Tampa and passenger 22 year-old Sara Beard also of Tampa. Both are listed in serious condition according to FHP.
FHP is continuing the investigation into the crash. Both riders were wearing helmet and charges are listed as pending. Alcohol did not appear to have played a role in the crash
clearly she pulled out and just went across the roadway…no looking for that lady!
you are right she pulled out right in front of him and he did not have time to stop
I saw this right after it happened, it didn’t look good. Prayers for the two in the hospital.
at the time of the accident he was maybe going 10 miles over the speed limit he was speeding on the bridge but not at the time of the accident not excessively anyway no more than anybody else goes car or bikeI can tell that by the damage to the bike and evidently so can the state Highway Patrolbut it is kind of funny she made up blew zeros on a breathalyzer but why wouldn’t she take a blood or urine test she might not have been drunk but she was on drugs and a refusal is a refusal so she’ll still get out of ministrative suspension and it was dark so she should have seen the headlight coming not pull out right in front of him
, driver of motorcycle was traveling @ 90 mph plus. He had just cut between myself and another car on the white line between the lanes and came close to clipping my car. He has no business on a bike.
He had no regard for his passengers safety at all. The lady in the car was making the proper lane change when she got hit in the back end.
He’s lucky Sara is still alive. Dumbass.
thank you for your support. It isn’t OBVIOUS of anything unless YOU WERE THERE… Don’t judge from a freaking article….. I was there after and she was visibly traumatized by this. She was not impaired in any way and should never have been arrested.