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FHP: 2 people killed in Gandy crash

Troopers say a car drove into the path of a motorcycle.

GANDY, Fla. — Troopers say two people on a motorcycle were killed in a crash in St. Petersburg at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.

A 71-year-old St. Petersburg woman drove an SUV northbound in the driveway of a Goodwill store, approached a stop sign, and then entered the path of a motorcycle that was headed eastbound on Gandy Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

The motorcycle struck the car. Two people, a 58-year-old man and 51-year-old woman, were thrown off the bike, authorities say.

The man died at the scene of the crash and the woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Authorities have not yet said if anyone has been charged.

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