Woman steps in path of truck, dies

POLICE BEAT
A Lake City woman who apparently walked into the traffic lanes of U.S. 441 died early Friday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said Jeanette M. Woods, 34, of Lake City, was killed when she was hit by a 2008 Chevrolet pickup being driven by Gregory S. Williams Jr., 40, of Branford.
The 12:30 a.m. crash happened in the southbound lanes of U.S. 441 just south of the intersection of Southwest Michigan Street. Troopers said Woods was walking on the west side of the four-lane divided highway when she stepped in the path of the truck.
The front of the truck hit Woods and threw her onto the west shoulder, according to an FHP report on the accident. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Charges in the case are pending the results of Williams' blood alcohol test, troopers said.

-Karen Voyles

"Loxahatchee man killed while driving wrong way in Royal Palm Beach"

ROYAL PALM BEACH — A Loxahatchee man was killed early today when he was driving in the wrong direction on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard and crashed into another car.
Andrew Frank, 26, was driving northbound in the street's southbound lane at about 2:30 a.m., the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Frank's car struck head-on a car being driven southbound by Alexandra Mikolajczak, 19, of Delray Beach.
Frank was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach and was pronounced dead at 3:43 a.m.
The Sheriff's Office said there were signs that either alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.
Mikolajczak and a passenger, Andrew Hagen, 21, of Wellington, were not injured, the Sheriff's Office said.


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A Bronson woman who was apparently going the wrong way was seriously injured and an Ocala motorcyclist was killed

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened south of Ocala at 12:10 a.m. on U.S. 27/441 north of Southeast 92nd Place Road.

In a crash report prepared by FHP Corporal W. W. Dill, the woman who had been driving a 1998 Suzuki Sidekick was identified as Kimberly Sasser, 42, of Bronson. She was taken to Shands at the University of Florida in serious condition. Her only passenger was identified as Breanna Chitty, 6, also of Bronson, who suffered minor injuries and was not hospitalized.

The motorcyclist was identified by FHP as Charles Linzmeyer, 48, of Ocala who had been driving a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Linzmeye was pronounced dead at the scene.

FHP crash investigator Corporal B. R. Detweiler determined Sasser had been driving south in a northbound lane of U. S. 27/441 while Linzmeyer was headed north in the same northbound lane. When the two vehicles crashed head-on, Linzmeyer was ejected from the motorcycle and Sasser's Suzuki caught fire.

The troopers determined that Linzmeyer had not been wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, but did not know whether Sasser and Chitty had been wearing seat belts.

Charges in the crash are pending the result of blood alcohol testing on the drivers and further investigation.

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