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As she did on most days after Venice Middle School hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas let out, 14-year-old Leesa Antoinette Falls dropped her books off at her Venice Island home and took off on her Schwinn bike to meet friends at Venice Gardens park.
After stopping for traffic on the west side of U.S. 41 bypass near Center hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas Road around hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas 5 p.m. Wednesday, Leesa cycled into the road and was struck by a southbound Mercury Marquis driven by Toby D. Angelo, 32, of Englewood, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
Leesa died at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas Angelo was in the far left lane traveling hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas southbound, with his view obstructed by a car on his right, according to FHP. Leesa waited until another vehicle passed and was looking down when she entered the road. Angelo did not have time to react and struck her bicycle, according to FHP.
The Sarasota School District said Leesa started attending Venice Middle School last April and left in October 2010. Venice Principal Karin Schmidt described her as a popular girl with a lot of friends.
According to accident reports, Falls was stopped on the sidewalk at Center hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas Road on the west side of the highway. She was looking downward and apparently did not see a southbound Mercury Marquis driven by Toby D. Angelo, 32, of Englewood, hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas when she traveled onto U.S. 41 and was struck by the car.
Girl, 14, hit and killed on bicycle in Venice By KIM HACKETT Leesa Antoinette Falls, 14 (Photo hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas provided / family) HeraldTribune.com April 20, 2011 1:14 PM p As she did on most days after Venice Middle School let out, 14-year-old Leesa Antoinette Falls dropped her books off at her Venice Island home and took off on her Schwinn bike to meet friends at Venice Gardens park. /p p But the teenager never made it. /p p After stopping hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas for traffic on the west side of U.S. 41 bypass near Center Road around 5 p.m. Wednesday, Leesa cycled into the road and was struck by a southbound Mercury Marquis driven hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas by Toby D. Angelo, 32, of Englewood, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. /p p Leesa died at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Angelo was in the far left lane traveling southbound, with his view obstructed by a car on his right, hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas according to FHP. Leesa waited hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas until another vehicle passed and was looking down when she entered the road. Angelo did not have time to react and struck her bicycle, according to FHP. /p p No charges have been filed. A traffic homicide investigation is ongoing. /p p Leesa's family is now trying to come to grips with the girl's hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas death, two months after she moved back to Venice from Philadelphia with her father and 16-year-old sister. /p head
'A 14-year-old Venice girl was critically injured when the bicycle she was riding was struck by a car traveling hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas southbound on the U.S. 41 Bypass at Center Road in Venice, hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas FHP reports. The girl was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg for treatement.'+
/body p She was really outgoing, said Heather Triana, hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas her cousin. She liked to be outdoors, doing anything active. /p p The Sarasota School District said Leesa started attending Venice Middle School last April and left in October 2010. Venice Principal Karin Schmidt described her as a popular girl with a lot of friends. /p p Leesa's aunt, Antoinette Harper, said her brother hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas Tom, a truck driver, was divorced and moved back to Venice to raise Leesa with the help of a sister who lives here. /p p She was a sweet girl with the biggest blue eyes and tight curly brown hair, said Harper. She liked her music. She always had it in her ears and always had her cell phone in her hand. /p p Harper said Leesa spent Christmas at Harper's house in Philadelphia and was excited to be moving back to Venice. /p p She was kind of a tomboy but discovered makeup last year, Harper said. /p p Venice Middle Assistant Principal Derek Jenkins called her fun loving and popular, a girl who used to joke with him about his favorite sports teams. He spent time at lunch with her Tuesday. /p p She was giving me grief because I'm a Rays fan and she's a Phillies fan, Jenkins said. /p p Students and teachers took Leesa's death very hard, said the Venice Middle School hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas principal. /p p They are making cards for the family and a chain link with messages, Schmidt hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas said. /p p Leesa's extended family hotels on the riverwalk in san antonio texas from Philadelphia gathered in Venice for Heather Triana's wedding last summer. /p p She looked beautiful, Harper said about Leesa. We were not used to seeing her in a dress. /p p Now, about 20 family members will fly to Venice this weekend to say goodbye to Leesa. /p p My brother is just a mess, said Harper. /p h3 Earlier /h3
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