Owen Gardner Whittaker, of Holiday, 21, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide for a crash on Saturday that killed a bicyclist and a pedestrian.
At about 2:15 p.m., Whittaker was driving a Toyota Corolla northbound on 4th Street North, approaching the intersection of 72nd Avenue North.
A blue Mazda 3 was southbound on 4th Street North and had entered the left turn lane to turn left onto 72nd Avenue North. The light changed to red, and the Mazda attempted to complete the turn.
Whittaker ran the red light, St. Petersburg Police Department officials said, and was struck by the Mazda. Whittaker then went off the road and struck both a 62-year-old St. Petersburg male bicyclist and a 62-year-old St. Petersburg female pedestrian who was on the sidewalk. He then struck a light pole and a crosswalk signal.
The bicyclist was pronounced dead on the scene by St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, while the woman died a short time later at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.
Neither Whittaker nor the Mazda driver suffered any injuries.
Whittaker was booked into Pinellas County Jail.
