Fatal Crash in Clay County | News

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- A 24-year-old motorcyclist has died after a Clay County deputy tried to pull him over.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol early this morning around 2  deputy spotted three motorcyclists speeding and driving recklessly on Blanding Boulevard.

When he tried to pull them over on Aurora Boulevard the police report says they took off at a high rate of speed in different directions.

The deputy lost site of all of the bikers but then found one of the motorcycles on its side in a resident's yard. That driver, Kory Deyton of Orange Park, was pronounced dead at Orange Park Hospital this morning.