A Polk City man who told authorities he was "distracted" by a passenger performing a sex act on him was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after deputies say he struck and killed a bicyclist over the weekend.



Randy Joe Allen, 54, of Polk City was booked into the Polk County Jail on Saturday night and charged with one count of leaving the scene of a crash with death.



According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Terry Lamunt Ross was riding his bicycle eastbound on the shoulder of the roadway on U.S. Highway 92 in Auburndale just before 7 p.m. when he was struck almost head-on by a green 2000 Ford F-250 pickup truck.



Ross, 49, died at the scene. Ross, who was homeless according to authorities, was identified through fingerprints.



A witness said the pickup truck struck Ross and did not stop. The witness was able to provide a license plate number to authorities and a description of the vehicle. The witness and her father also tried to assist the victim.



The license plate tip led authorities to Allen's home, where family members directed them to Liquid Larry's Bar on Highway 542 in Lakeland. Deputies went to the bar and found a pickup in the parking lot matching the witness' description, and it had damage consistent with the crash. Blood stains appeared to be on the passenger side door, deputies said.



According to the arrest report, Allen detailed his evening, telling investigators he had been at the Midway Lounge in Auburndale earlier that day and left that establishment with a woman.



Authorities said Allen went on to tell them that while driving on Highway 92, the woman began to perform a sex act on him and distracted him at the time of the crash. Allen told authorities he though he had hit a stop sign, according to the arrest report.



Deputies said Allen was slurring his words while talking to them and he had a "pungent odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath."

Deputies found Allen's female companion at Royal Inn Motel in Winter Haven. She told them she'd met Allen at Midway Lounge and left with him. While he was driving, she said she began performing a sex act on him. During the act, she heard a bump, which Allen told her was a stop sign he'd struck, and she "did not have any reason not to believe him," deputies said.



Additional charges are pending the results of a blood draw analysis.

