Florida serial offender accused of dragging bicyclist to death in hit-and-run
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A bicyclist in a waterfront Florida town was killed in a hit-and-run crash after a serial traffic offender dragged her for blocks before leaving her to die on the side of the road, police said. 

Xavier Rigby, 22, was arrested after the Pinellas County Police Department said he fatally struck the bicyclist with his vehicle.

The fatal collision occurred at approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, when police say Kjersten Aileen-Hermance Strang, 38, was struck by Rigby’s car while riding her e-bike in Gulfport.

Florida police respond to a hit-and-run crash

Authorities respond to an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed Kjersten Aileen-Hermance Strang while she was riding her bike in Gulfport, Florida, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2025. (FOX 13)

Zuroweste reportedly pointed out a 2024 DUI arrest that was reduced to reckless driving, noting that the state was “generous enough” to offer the lesser charge for the purpose of lowering Rigby’s bond. 

“We’ve now gone to a second DUI, but this time the extremely aggravating facts where you’ve killed somebody, left the scene and dragged their body. And I don’t need to go any further for how aggravating this set of facts are,” Zuroweste added, FOX 13 reported. 

Rigby was denied bond on two of the charges and handed a $750,000 bond for the DUI manslaughter offense. 

“I’m finding that you’re a danger to the community and that nothing else can secure your decision-making and putting your life and everyone else’s life on the road, so you’re going to remain at no bond in the vehicular homicide and the leaving the scene of a crash involving death,” the judge said.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

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