Otmer Harrison

Melbourne, FL
OTMER HARRISON WEST MELBOURNE - Otmer Otto Harrison, 60, an electrician, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Mr. Harrison was born in West Melbourne, FL and has been a lifelong resident of Brevard County. He was a graduate of Melbourne High School Class of 1964. Mr. Harrison is survived by his sister, Doris Clark; brothers, Howard, Marshall and Cornelius Harrison; and several nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, April 30th, at the Brownlie Maxwell Funeral Home. Brownlie Maxwell Funeral Home in Melbourne is serving the family, (321) 723-2345.

News stories about Otmer's accident

Man On Bicycle Gets Pinned Under Pickup, Dies

MELBOURNE -- A bicyclist died Wednesday night after he was pinned under a truck at Sarno Road and Ixora Drive. Tow truck operators lifted the small pickup so emergency workers could pull Otmer Harrison, 60, of West Melbourne from under the vehicle. He was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where he died at 6 p.m.

The accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. It backed up traffic and forced some motorists to find alternate routes around Sarno. All lanes on Sarno were closed for about an hour near the accident. One lane each way remained close for more than two hours as Melbourne police investigated.

Helen Ruscitti Truesdell, 73, who was driving the 1997 green Isuzu pickup, suffered minor injuries when her vehicle slammed into a concrete power pole as it dragged Harrison, pinned under the vehicle, across the intersection, Florida Today reported.

"We had to lift the whole front end of the vehicle up to get him out," said Scott Gibbs, a tow truck driver for Kendall Towing & Recovery of Melbourne. "They were working on him while we lifted."

Harrison was headed west, facing oncoming traffic, along the white line at the outside edge of the pavement. The police said Truesdell was going north on Ixora Drive and was turning east onto Sarno when the bicycle and car collided.

The light pole the truck hit is near Johnny Menego's front yard. He said there have been about a dozen accidents there in the past two years.

During the past three years there have been more than 290 bicycle or pedestrian accidents in Melbourne. Eleven of those were fatal.

Bicyclist Dies After Being Trapped Under Pickup Truck

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A bicyclist was trapped under a pickup truck in Melbourne on Wednesday morning for almost half an hour while rescue crews waited for a tow truck to lift the pick-up off of the man.

The biker was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center with a pulse, but later died. He was identified as Otmer Harrison.

The collision shut down Sarno Road for more than an hour.

Police said the driver didn't see the bicyclist coming down the road and made a right turn into the biker. Now police want to hear from any witnesses who saw the accident.

Man on bicycle, pinned under pickup, dies

MELBOURNE - A bicyclist died Wednesday night after he was pinned under a truck at Sarno Road and Ixora Drive.

Tow truck operators lifted the small pickup so emergency workers could pull Otmer Harrison, 60, of West Melbourne from under the vehicle. He was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where he died at 6 p.m..

The accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. It backed up traffic and forced some motorists to find alternate routes around Sarno. All lanes on Sarno were closed for about an hour near the accident. One lane each way remained close for more than two hours as Melbourne police investigated.

Helen Ruscitti Truesdell, 73, who was driving the 1997 green Isuzu pickup, suffered minor injuries when her vehicle slammed into a concrete power pole as it dragged Harrison, pinned under the vehicle, across the intersection.

"We had to lift the whole front end of the vehicle up to get him out," said Scott Gibbs, a tow truck driver for Kendall Towing & Recovery of Melbourne. "They were working on him while we lifted."

Harrison was headed west, facing oncoming traffic, along the white line at the outside edge of the pavement. The police said Truesdell was going north on Ixora Drive and was turning east onto Sarno when the bicycle and car collided.

The light pole the truck hit is near Johnny Menego's front yard. He said there have been about a dozen accidents there in the past two years.

During the past three years there have been more than 290 bicycle or pedestrian accidents in Melbourne. Eleven of those were fatal.