Taylor Skromme: How the “I like to flirt with death” biker died

Who is Taylor Skromme?

Taylor Jean Skromme, 22, was a motorcycle rider from Jacksonville, Florida.

She was well-known for her motorcycle exploits, which she frequently documented on her Instagram account @ninja.tay21.

She’s also mentioned being a horse rider, which gave her an adrenaline rush, but riding a bike was on another level entirely.

Background

Taylor Skromme was born in Sterling, Illinois on November 10, 1999, to Tad and Stephanie (Sandrock) Skromme. She graduated from Prophetstown High School in 2018. Taylor attended Southern Illinois University and graduated in 2020 as a Physical Therapist Assistant. In Nocatee, Florida, she worked at Cora Physical Therapy. Taylor was full of life.

She was constantly meeting new people and trying new things. Her interests included horses, motorcycles, motorcycle racing, and barrel racing. She was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association. Taylor adored her two horses, Ace and Nova, as well as her rodeo dog, Faith, but she adored her family and friends the most. She truly made the most of her life.

Taylor Skromme death

Four riders returning home from the weekly “Bike Nite” at Woody’s BBQ on Flager Plaza off State Road 100 got involved in a terrible accident on Tuesday evening.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the gang was approaching mile marker 296 in the county’s northwestern corner around 10 p.m. They were all in the first of three northbound lanes on the left. There was an SUV in the center lane.

The four motorcyclists “collided into one another for an unknown reason,” according to the FHP. The collision threw all four cyclists onto the road.

The SUV then collided with the 29-year-old motorcyclist, who died at the scene, and the 22-year-old Ninjatay21.

The other two motorcyclists were taken to AdventHealth Palm Coast with non-life threatening injuries.

The passengers in the SUV, a 48-year-old woman driving and her 16-year-old daughter, both from Jacksonville, were unharmed.

Witnesses told investigators that the bikes were racing in and out of their lane before the incident.

When did Taylor Skromme died?

Taylor Skromme, 22, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Prophetstown, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022, while doing what she loved, riding motorcycles with her friends, in Palm Coast, Florida.

Parents

Taylor Skromme is the daughter of Tad and Stephanie Skromme of Prophetstown; she has a brother, Kyle Skromme of Prophetstown; a maternal grandmother, Donna Courtney of Prophetstown; a paternal grandfather, Ronald Sandrock of Dixon; a paternal grandmother, Marilyn Skromme of Prophetstown; an uncle, Ron (Dede) Sandrock, Jr of Rock Falls; an aunt, Heather Vahle of Moline; cousins, Austin Sandrock, Max Va

Relationship

Taylor Jean was dating Devin Bouley, a 24-year-old biker from Florida, according to her Instagram.

She once shared a photo of the two riding their bikes together. Devin, her boyfriend, also likes to post pictures of them on his Instagram @devinbouley.

The couple was in love and thankful for each other’s presence in their lives.

Devin Bouley, who survived with minor injuries, is thought to be one of the other two riders. Seeing his love die before him, on the other hand, could have taken its toll.

Taylor Skromme was a motorcycle rider who stated on Instagram in April that she “liked to flirt with death.”