TAMPA, Fla. - A deadly crash on Fowler Avenue claimed the life of a bicyclist in Tampa on Sunday morning and closed the road for several hours.

The backstory:

According to the Tampa Police Department, a woman was driving a 2016 Hyundai westbound on Fowler Avenue around 9:20 a.m.

Police say when she changed lanes from the center lane to the inside lane just west of N. 30th St., she struck a 70-year-old man on a bicycle.

The bicyclist was reportedly crossing E. Fowler Ave. from south to north, midblock and outside a marked crosswalk, when the collision occurred, according to police.

Police immediately began life-saving measures, but the bicyclist died at the scene.

Traffic along Fowler Ave. was rerouted for several hours while the investigation was ongoing.

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