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Body camera footage shows Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross after his bicycle crash. | News4JaxBody camera footage shows Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross after his bicycle crash. | News4Jax
Body camera footage shows Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross after his bicycle crash. | News4Jax

Fernandina city manager was drinking before bike crash

By Aaron Farrar - News4Jax
Published on December 8, 2023 at 9:40 am
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A special meeting is expected to be held next week in Fernandina Beach after the city manager crashed his bicycle after drinking.

Ty Ross is accused of crashing Oct. 29. He was not given a citation or a breathalyzer test, but he admitted he had been drinking.

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Ross delivered a lengthy apology at a meeting Tuesday. “I overdid it. I goofed,” he said. “I thought I was being responsible by not driving a motorized vehicle and riding my bicycle. That did not work out for me. I apologize.

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author image Aaron Farrar joins News4Jax as a weekend morning reporter, after working a year at WFXR in Roanoke, Virginia, as a morning news reporter and primary fill-in anchor. Before that, he spent two years as a multimedia journalist at WTVC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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