1 dead, 1 arrested after Clay County motorcycle crash, authorities say

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – One antheral died and different antheral was arrested pursuing a clang aboriginal Sunday greeting involving a Harley-Davidson and a Volkswagen, according to authorities.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the clang happened soon aft midnight astatine the intersection of Bartlett and Debarry avenues successful the Orange Park area.

According to the Highway Patrol, the operator of the Volkswagen failed to halt down the Harley-Davidson, which was stopped astatine a halt motion astatine the intersection, and the beforehand of the car collided with the rear of the motorcycle.

Troopers said the motorcyclist was taken to Orange Park Medical Center, wherever helium died. Friends told News4Jax that the motorcyclist was a subordinate of the Latin American Motorcycle Association.

According to an apprehension report, a witness, who is besides a motorcyclist, said helium rolled up connected the country soon aft the crash. The witnesser said a antheral successful the driver’s spot of the Volkswagen past enactment the car into reverse and collided with the witness’s motorcycle earlier leaving the scene, according to the report.

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Moments aft the crash, a trooper located the Volkswagen a mile distant astatine a state presumption connected Wells Road and met with the driver, who was identified arsenic 39-year-old Carlos McCarter, according to the report.

The study states that the trooper “could odor the odor of an alcoholic beverage” and said McCarter “slurred his speech.” McCarter told the trooper helium had been progressive successful a clang and “had been drinking intoxicant earlier successful the night,” according to the report.

According to the apprehension report, erstwhile the trooper examined the Volkswagen, the trooper noticed the car had front-end damage, the airbag was deployed and the windshield had harm “believed to beryllium from a assemblage striking the windshield.” According to the report, erstwhile the trooper drove to the clang country and examined the Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle had dense rear-end damage.

The trooper past spoke with a pistillate witnesser who lives adjacent the clang scene. According to the report, she heard the crash, went extracurricular her house, saw a antheral get retired the Volkswagen past get backmost into the car, and past saw the antheral witnesser and different motorcyclist propulsion up earlier the Volkswagen took off.

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McCarter was arrested connected charges of leaving the country of an mishap involving a fatality and leaving the country of a clang involving injuries.

The arresting trooper was capable to get a justice to motion disconnected connected a hunt warrant to get humor and DNA from McCarter.

While the apprehension study shows McCarter has an Orange Park location address, the study states that helium is from Louisiana and told the trooper that helium travels to Atlanta, Georgia, each 2 weeks.

As of Tuesday, McCarter remained successful the Clay County jailhouse connected $80,000 bond, according to online jailhouse records.

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