A Georgia motorcyclist was killed on State Road 415 near Reed Ellis Road in Volusia County early on Monday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
48-year-old Carl McDaniel, Jr., of Macon, Georgia was heading south on SR 415 just after 12:30 am, when he collided with a Mazda pick-up driven by 50-year-old Otto F. Puttin, of Sanford, traveling north on SR 415, south of Reed Ellis Road.
Troopers said, McDaniel for an unknown reason, crossed the center line into the path of the pick-up. The motorcycle and pick-up struck head on.
McDaniel’s died on the scene.
Puttin sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash and was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital.
A 34-year-old passenger in the pick-up, James M. Ledford, of Lake Monroe was unhurt.
