POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Mulberry motorcyclist was killed on Friday after the bike slammed into a driver who had just picked up her daughter at a bus stop, authorities said.
According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office report, the crash happened in North Lakeland around 6:20 p.m.
The driver of a black 2001 Mustang, Shannon Lally, 33, of Polk City, had just picked up her daughter at the school bus stop on Melody Lane at the intersection with Deen Still Road.
Lally said she made a U-turn in the intersection to head the opposite way on Melody Lane to go home. That’s when a 2009 Ducati motorcycle driven westbound by 44-year-old Michael Goodman, of Mulberry, on Deen Still Road crashed into her, the report stated.
Lally told deputies she looked both ways before making the U-turn and did not see any oncoming traffic.
Goodman was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead
Nobody in the Mustang was injured.
“You know, it might just be time we take a look if HOAs are really even necessary.
Maybe we should just do away with homeowner associations as a whole.”
South Florida lawmaker Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) says it may be time to do away with homeowners associations altogether, as more Floridians speak out about rising fees, costly lawsuits, and even arrests tied to HOA disputes. He said this week that he is considering filing legislation in the next session that would abolish HOAs statewide.
