A motorcyclist died at the scene of a crash Thursday morning in a roundabout in The Villages.
The motorcyclist had been traveling at 5:38 a.m. on Warm Springs Avenue when the motorcycle continued straight through the center of the roundabout at Fenney Way, between the entrances to the Village of Marsh Bend and the Village of McClure.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He was identified only as a 49-year-old Lake Panasoffkee man.
A traffic homicide investigator from the Wildwood Police Department was called to the scene to compile an accident report that likely will not be available in complete form until Monday. However, preliminary information from the investigation indicated he lost control of the motorcycle in the roundabout and was thrown from it in the subsequent crash. He was not wearing a helmet.
A pole and a sign appeared to have been knocked down in the roundabout.
Wildwood police have set up a traffic speed monitoring device on Warm Springs Avenue near the entrance to that roundabout, encouraging drivers to slow down.
That roundabout has been the scene of several accidents, including one Sunday night in which a driver was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence.