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Motorcyclist loses leg in crash

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 11, 2002

SPRING LAKE -- A 29-year-old lost his leg Sunday when his motorcycle went into the path of an oncoming car, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. At about 10:45 a.m., Harry Bellamy was westbound on Powell Road east of Batten Road when he tried to pass a car ahead of him in a no-passing zone and entered the path of an oncoming car. Bellamy's lower left leg was severed in the crash, and he was flown to Tampa General Hospital.

SPRING LAKE -- A 29-year-old lost his leg Sunday when his motorcycle went into the path of an oncoming car, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. At about 10:45 a.m., Harry Bellamy was westbound on Powell Road east of Batten Road when he tried to pass a car ahead of him in a no-passing zone and entered the path of an oncoming car. Bellamy's lower left leg was severed in the crash, and he was flown to Tampa General Hospital.

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