13-year-old passenger dies in Nova Road motorcycle crash

Police report the driver of the motorcycle, the victim's father, was driving north in a southbound lane.

By Jarleene Almenas
| 11:10 a.m. October 12, 2020

Ormond Beach Observer
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A 13-year-old boy from Brooksville died in a motorcycle crash in the 600 block of North Nova Road on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Ormond Beach Police reported that around 3:29 p.m., a northbound Ormond Beach resident in a white passenger car began to make a left turn into the Tomoka Oakwood North Condominiums when he was struck by a black motorcycle, whose driver was on the wrong side of the road. The driver, Robert Penny of Brooksville, was going northbound in a southbound lane of North Nova Road.

Penny, the victim's father, suffered serious injuries, according to a press release. He was taken to the hospital. His son died at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash.