Motorcyclist hospitalized after accident with pickup on Hyde Park Avenue

TAMPA - A collision between a Toyota pickup and a motorcycle hospitalized the 23-year-old biker with life-threatening injuries and closed Hyde Park Avenue from Kennedy Boulevard to Grand Central Avenue for hours Wednesday afternoon, according to the Tampa police.
At 2:54 p.m., William Henry King, a University of Tampa student, was riding his 2003 Yamaha motorcycle south on Hyde Park Avenue at a high rate of speed when the eastbound 1988 Toyota pickup tried to cross the road on Grand Central Avenue, said Janelle McGregor, a spokeswoman for the department.
King hit the front left panel of the pickup and was taken to Tampa General Hospital where he remained in critical condition Wednesday night. Police said the pickup driver, 73-year-old Patricia Sewell, wasn't injured and would not be cited in the accident.
Robbyn Mitchell, Times staff writer