One of two motorcyclists has died after the two crashed into a concrete wall, causing them to be thrown over a Florida highway overpass.
The incident happened just after 9 p.m. Monday near Orlando on Interstate 4. The pair were riding alongside one another on separate motorcycles when taking an exit ramp towards Maitland Boulevard. The highway curves right at this juncture and, according to reporting from The Miami Herald, the two failed to make the turn. Both crashed into a concrete wall over were thrown from their bikes over the edge of the overpass to land in the grass below.
The woman, a 25-year-old Kissimmee woman, died at the scene. The 34-year-old Orlando man, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The woman was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Names and how the two are linked were not immediately available Wednesday.
The crash is being investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Leesfield & Partners
While the United States is home to nearly 8.8 million registered motorcycles, places like California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida make up the top five states with the most motorcycles. With three offices located in Key West, Miami, and Orlando, Leesfield & Partners has seen a fair amount of motorcycle injury cases with damages ranging from traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, paralysis and even death. These road tragedies do not discriminate and can happen to anyone at any time. This is why Leesfield & Partners and The Leesfield Family Foundation, the charitable organization of Ira Leesfield, the firm’s Founder and Managing Partner, have regularly partnered up with safety organizations to promote education and awareness.
Additionally, outside of the Leesfield & Partners flagship office in Miami, the firm regularly displays safety advisories for drivers, motorcyclists, pedestrians and bikers alike. In over 48 years of personal injury experience, this law firm has obtained numerous historic and record results for injured clients. For example, in a product liability case involving a Honda motorcycle, Mr. Leesfield obtained a $19.8 million award for a client who was paralyzed following a crash. This is among the largest verdicts against Honda in the country.
That case involved a defective kickstand on the bike that deployed while our client was traveling at a high rate of speed down the road. This dangerous problem with the bike’s design was not an isolated issue and led Mr. Leesfield to pursuing various motorcycle manufacturers across the country on behalf of injured clients and grieving families.
In another product liability case involving a motorcycle, a verdict of over $4.7 million was obtained by Leesfield & Partners attorneys.
One Leesfield & Partners client was traveling down the road on his motorcycle when a tourist making an illegal U-turn in front of him caused a serious accident. Our client was left with serious leg injuries that required intense and invasive surgery to repair his injuries.
In a crash involving a trucking company whose driver negligently crashed into our client, the firm obtained a $2 million recovery.
In a separate product liability case involving a defective motorcycle, Leesfield & Partners recovered $1.8 million for our injured client.
A serious crash with a negligent driver resulted in serious injuries for our motorcyclist client. Leesfield & Partners secured $1.76 million in that case.
In a similar case involving a negligent driver, Leesfield & Partners secured over $1.2 million for a client injured in the motorcycle accident.
The firm obtained $1 million for a motorcyclist who was injured by a negligent ride-sharing app driver’s actions.
Statewide Data
In Florida, there have been approximately 103,678 crashes since the start of the year with 2,724 motorcycle-involved crashes. Of these motorcycle-involved crashes, about 151 people have been killed as of mid-April. In Miami-Dade County, where Leesfield & Partners first opened its doors in 1976, there have been over 15,400 crashes with nearly 400 motorcycles involved. At least 17 motorcyclists have been killed in Miami in 2025. The year before, the county saw nearly 60,000 total crashes, about 1,400 of which involved motorcycles. About 65 people were killed as a result of motorcycle crashes in Miami in 2024.