Robert Henry Raymer Jr., 54, of Holiday was killed in the Dec. 12 crash when his pickup truck was hit by a stolen BMW driven by Jonathan Peter Bytautas, 29, of Clearwater, authorities say.
The man who authorities say was driving a stolen BMW that caused a deadly crash on Curlew Road back in December is now charged with one count of vehicular homicide. Jonathan Peter Bytautas, 29, was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 23, following his release from St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, according to Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Steve Gaskins. Bytautas was transported to the Hillsborough County Jail with bond set at $250,000. Bytautas had been hospitalized since the Dec. 12 crash, which happened around 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of McMullen Booth and Curlew roads in Palm Harbor. FHP Investigators say Bytautas was driving a 2008 BMW 550i when he ran a red light on McMullen Booth and crashed into a Chevy pickup driven by Robert …
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Patch has learned that a BMW involved in a crash at McMullen Booth and Curlew roads was stolen from a home in Clearwater the night before the crash.
A 2008 BMW 550i that was involved in a deadly crash Wednesday morning at the intersection of McMullen Booth and Curlew roads was stolen, according to Clearwater Police. Robert Henry Raymer Jr., 54, of Holiday was killed in the crash. Investigators say Raymer was driving his Chevy pickup truck eastbound on Curlew Rd. at about 5:30 a.m. when a BMW driven by Jonathan Peter Bytautas, 29, of Clearwater, ran a red light on McMullen Booth Rd. and hit Raymer's truck. The vehicles then crashed with a Ford pickup truck driven by George Neil Paajanen, 60, of Palm Harbor. Patch has learned that the BMW was stolen from a home in Clearwater the night before the crash. Around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2012, a female and another person entered an unoccupied …
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1:59 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
@Brenda: My thoughts and prayers are with you and your Daughter. I wouldn't pay much attention to the ignorance of this girlfriend's comments above, she is apparently as bad as he is. These types of people have no intellect to tell right from wrong. They are immoral and have no conscience for anything they do. I can't wait to see him go on trial. more ›
A BMW ran a red light at the intersection, killing a 54-year-old Holiday man in a pickup truck, investigators said Wednesday morning.
Updated, 9:54 a.m.: The man killed in the crash has been identified as Robert Henry Raymer Jr., 54, of Holiday. A Holiday man was killed early Wednesday morning at the intersection of McMullen Booth and Curlew roads in Palm Harbor when his pickup truck was hit by a car that ran a red light, investigators said. Robert Henry Raymer Jr., 54, was headed eastbound on Curlew shortly after 5:30 a.m. when a BMW failed to stop for the red light on McMullen Booth and hit the pickup truck's passenger side, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Raymer suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene, investigators said. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The driver of the BMW, 29-year-old Jonathan Peter Bytautas of Clearwater, was …
10:01 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
Hi Nina, Thanks so much for taking the time to write. What a thoughtful gesture. Florida's Dept. of Transportation has a program for honoring crash victims with a roadside memorial. Here is a link to information about how to order one. http://www.dot.state.fl.us/statemaintenanceoffice/memorial%20markers.shtm Thanks again and please take care. more ›
The southbound center lane and median lane along McMullen Booth Road will be closed Tuesday as crews complete work on a concrete transition panel at the railway crossing.
Work to repair a concrete railroad transition panel on one of the heaviest traveled roads in Clearwater is expected to be complete Tuesday. The southbound center lane of McMullen Booth Road near the railway crossing just south of State Road 590 is expected to reopen at 4 p.m. Bolts between the concrete and the wooden railroad ties below keep coming loose on one of the panels. The panel serves as a transition from the railroad tracks to the road. Crews will have to close the center median lane starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday to start preliminary work to repair the panel. Workers will remove the defective components and improve the crossing in time to reopen the road by 4 p.m. More work and lane closures are expected in the future. Southbound…
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Crews closed a section of the southbound lanes between Tampa and Curlew roads, so they could repair a water main.
If all goes as planned, Palm Harbor drivers will only have to endure one more day of taking a detour off McMullen Booth Rd. The road will re-open at 4 a.m. Thursday, in time for the morning commute. Late Tuesday afternoon, Pinellas County Utilities crews closed a section of the southbound lanes between Tampa and Curlew roads, so a water main could be repaired. Drivers heading southbound on McMullen Booth Rd. were diverted west onto Tampa Rd, then south on U.S. 19, then east on Curlew Rd, where they could get back onto McMullen Booth Rd. The detours created a slow commute for east and westbound drivers on Tampa Rd. on Tuesday afternoon. Construction crews had to repair a water main that supplies drinking water. The main was 20 feet below …
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Teri Adams
6:30 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
His name is Jonathan Peter Bytautas. Robert Henry Raymer Jr., 54 was the one he killed in the crash. more ›