Crestview man dies in bicycle crash

A Crestview bicyclist died Feb. 23 after being hit by a vehicle. [File Photo | News Bulletin]

CRESTVIEW — A Crestview resident is dead following a wreck involving a bicycle and a vehicle, according to a Florida Highway Patrol media release.

The crash occurred at 4:58 a.m. Feb. 23 at the intersection of Country Road 393 and Harielson Road in Crestview.

Mark S. Dunafan, 56, of Crestview, was riding a bicycle in the southbound lane of County Road 393, approximately 10 inches to the left of the solid white painted edge line for the CR 393 southbound lane.

Kelvin J. Williamson, 19, of Crestview, was driving a 2008 Chevy Cobalt in the southbound lane, and the right front of his vehicle struck the rear tire of the bicycle, according to the release.

Dunafan landed on the hood and windshield of the vehicle and then tumbled onto the roadway on the west shoulder of CR 393, just north of the Harielson intersection. Williamson was not injured in the crash.

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