Woman, 85, dies after Aug. 5 crash

Woman, 85, dies after

Aug. 5 crash

By JULIUS WHIGHAM II

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

A suburban Boca Raton

woman died Saturday

morning after being hit by

a car earlier this month,

the Palm Beach County

Sheriff's Office said.

Miriam ]. Link, 85, died

at Jackson Memorial Hospital

in Miami. She was

s truck Aug. 5 in the 22000

block of Camino Del Mar.

According to a sheriffs

crash report, Link was

waiting at a crosswalk to

be picked up by her caretaker,

who was driving

Link's vehicle. Delrose

M. Reynolds, 57, of Coral

Springs, backed the 2000

Lexus out of a parking

spot to get closer to Link.

But Reynolds hit the accelerator

thinking it was

the brake, the report said.

She struck Link, knocking

her to the ground.

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Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach County

August 31, 2011

Gibsonton teen dies in crash

A Gibsonton man died early Saturday after his car hit a ditch and flipped over in
Riverview, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Dusty Lee Maskrey,19, was
headed south on Riverview Drive at 2:23 am when he missed a curve, hit a ditch
and struck a utility pole near Van Fleet Road, investigators said. Maskrey of Isabel
Avenue was alone in the 1993 Ford Mustang convertible. He died at the scene, deputies said.
St Petersburg Times
Pinellas County

1 killed in U.S. 331 wreck

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS
A driver was attempting to make a U-turn on U.S. 331 just north of Liberty when his truck collided with an SUV, killing the passenger and critically injuring the driver about 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Katherine Helmes Bryan, 53, of DeFuniak Springs, was pronounced dead on the scene after the 2004 Ford Explorer she was riding in collided with a 1997 Ford F150 driven by Shawn Patrick Barnes, 37, of Florala, Ala.
The driver of the Explorer, Ronald Lee Bellamy, 36, also of DeFuniak Springs, was critically injured. Barnes and his passenger, Tina Loreen Barnes, 42, of F1orala, Ala., were not injured.
Panama City News Herald
Bay County

1 killed 2 injured on I-4 bridge

VOLUSIA COUNTY
A Port Orange man was killed early Tuesday in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 4,
the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred about 1:15 a.m. on the bridge over the St. Johns River. A 2001 Lexus driven by Eric Mendez, 27, of Orange City struck the rear of a 1994 Jeep driven by Brian Fitzgibbons, 38, troopers said. A third driver, Krystle McFadden, 23, of Deltona, was unable to stop and crashed her 2006 Buick van into the rear of the Lexus, troopers said. Fitzgibbons was killed. McFadden suffered serious injuries and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Mendez had only minor Injuries, troopers said.
-Gary Taylor
Orlando Sentinel
Orange County

1-year-old dies after Monday accident

A baby boy from Panama City Beach died Tuesday night after he was injured in a wreck on Interstate 10 on Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
His mother, Quynh-Nhu Thuy Samantha Nguyen, 20, was driving east on I-10 a few miles east of Mossy Head at 6:20 a.m. according to an FHP news release. She reached over to the passenger seat where 12-year-old Cynthia Nguyen was holding the boy, Javon
Johnson, and lost control of the car. Two other children, Omari Johnson, 3, and
Naomi Nguyen, 5, were also in the car. None of the five were wearing a seatbelt.
Javon Johnson was flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola along with the
other two young children. He was pronounced dead Tuesday night at10:10 p.m., according to the release. Charges are pending.
Northwest Florida
Daily News
Okaloosa County

2 hurt, but baby OK in Saturday crash

Two Miami motorists were hospitalized, but an infant was uninjured, in a two-car crash about 5:13 p.m. Saturday at Mile Marker 63 in which a pickup rolled on its side, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Michael Escolona, 20, was driving a 1998 Honda south with Jessica Lam, 20, of Miami, and an infant in a car seat, when he
reportedly rear-ended a Toyota pickup driven by 71-year-old Felix Hernandez, who was slowing to turn left into a parking lot at the south end of Long Key Bridge, the release states. Hernandez also had a passenger, Fnu Hernandez, 70. Felix Hernandez was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami; Fnu Hernandez was taken to Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon. All four adults were wearing seat belts.
The infant was properly secured in the car seat of the Honda and was not hurt, the report says. The crash closed the highway for about an hour and 15 minutes.
Free Press
Monroe County

Driver in rollover faces DUI charges

SARASOTA COUNTY
- A Bradenton man whose car rolled over when he drove off a ramp of Interstate 75 faces four
criminal charges, including driving under the influence. Sarasota County sheriffs deputies arrested Caleb B. Benson, 25, of the 4400 block of Sanibel Way in Bradenton on charges of DUI causing serious bodily injury and three other charges.
Shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Benson reportedly drove off the northbound ramp of I -75 at
Fruitville Road. Two of four passengers in Benson's vehicle were injured. The Sheriff’s Office reported that Benson, who was not injured, admitted to previously drinking alcohol at a bar.

Crash fatal to driver hit leaving Walmart

ORANGE COUNTY

A driver leaving a Walmart was hit by a sport-utility vehicle early Thursday and died at a hospital, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Marie Pierre Canel 26, of Orlando, was turning left to leave the store at 8990 Turkey Lake Road and drove her 2001 Pontiac Sunfire into the path of
a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban driven by Kirsten West, 37, of Ocoee, investigators said Canel died later at Orlando Regional Medical Center, troopers said. West was taken to ORMC in serious condition.

- Susan Jacobson
Orlando Sentinel
Orange County
May 21, 2011

Crash leaves one in serious condition:

MADISON
A 48-year-old woman is in serious condition after a crash in Madison County on Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Michael Browning, 47, was traveling west on State Road 14 in a 2007 Chevrolet pickup in Madison County around 11 a.m. when he turned left in front of Randy Wyatt, 52, and his 2008 Toyota four-door. Ann-Marie Wyatt, 48, a passenger in the Toyota, was taken to Madison Hospital with serious injuries. The two drivers were not injured. All three were from Madison. Madison County Deputy David Myers and Madison County EMS assisted.

Democrat staff reports
Tallahassee Democrat
Leon County
May 18, 2011

Minivan, SUV collide; four sent to hospital

MlAMl
An elderly man was seriously hurt when an accident threw him from his minivan on Sunday
afternoon, according to a spokesman for Miami Fire-Rescue. The man, who is in his 70s, was taken to Ryder Trauma Center, and three other adults were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The victims' names were not released. The two-car accident happened just after 1 p.m. Sunday at Northwest 12th Avenue and 71st Street, said Lt. Ignatius Carroll. An SUV collided with the minivan, sending it skidding through a fence and onto a sports field at Miami Northwestern Senior High School.
Two children, ages 5 and 7, in the SUV were unhurt, Carroll said, because they were in car
seats. "We were surprised to see kids that age in car seats, but as a result they were able to walk
away from that accident without a scratch,'' he said.

Ariel Barkhurst
Sun Sentinel
Broward County
May 30, 2011

Deputy in hospital after Thursday crash

FHP says his patrol car collided with another car while enroute to a call.
By Karen Voyles
Staff writer
A Levy County sheriff’s deputy from Dunnellon was seriously injured when his marked patrol
car caught fire following a Thursday night crash. The Florida Highway Patrol said Cpl. Brian
Christopher Marra, 36, was taken to Shands at the University of Florida in serious condition following the 10:10 p.m. crash on Alt. U.S. 27 in Bronson. Marra is being housed in intensive care. The other driver involved, Jeremy J. Mayes, 20, of Bronson, was at the wheel of a 1992 Ford four-door and was not injured, troopers said. FHP Sgt. Tracy Hisler-Pace said Marra was
headed west to a call and came up behind Mayes in the inside lane. The trooper said both Marra
and Mayes tried to move to the outside Lane at the same time. As a result, the left front of the patrol car hit the right side of the Ford. After the collision, the patrol car began to spin and the front of it hit a concrete utility pole. As the patrol car began to burn, several passersby stopped to help get Marra out of the car and away from the flames. Sheriff's spokesman Maj. Evan Sullivan said Marra was on his way to a disturbance call. Sullivan also said that Marra remained in the intensive care unit at Shands on Friday with injuries that included a broken leg. Hisler-Pace said charges in the case are pending further investigation.

Ocala Star Banner
Marion County
May 28, 2011

Three injured in head-on crash

NEWS BRIEFS
Three injured in head-on crash
Three people remained in critical condition late Friday following a head-on car crash Thursday at mile marker 64.5 of U.S. 1, on the Long Key Bridge. Robb Cagle, 27, and Sarah Cagle, 29, both of
Goodletsville, Tenn., and Jessi Thornton, 19, of West Palm Beach were all flown to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami following the 10 a.m. crash. The Florida Highway Patrol says Robb Cagle, driving a 2011 Nissan with Sarah as a passenger, caused the crash.
"Witnesses stated [Cagle 's car] was passing numerous vehicles as it was traveling south in the
northbound lane," Trooper David Riso wrote in a report.
Thornton, in the northbound lane, "attempted · to avoid the collision by steering [his 2011 Kia] to the right side of the bridge and almost up against the concrete wall."
But the two cars' left fronts collided, with the impact rotating both and forcing them into the
southbound lane, where they came to a rest. Combined damage to the two autos is $27,000,
Riso wrote.

Monroe County
May 21, 2011

Lakes hit-and-run victim: 'Come save me'

Damaged Ford F-150 sought after woman hurt

LAUDERDALE LAKES – Trapped in the wreckage of her car, Miriam Reid could only reach the cellphone she kept on a cord around her neck. She called her older brother, "Come save me," said the 20-year-old nursing student. From the family's house just blocks away, Emmanuel Reid, 24, and his brother David, 22, rushed to the 4800 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard.
They saw their sister pinned in a mass of twisted metal. "I don't even remember what I said to her," said David Reid. ''I just started praying." The driver of the Ford F-150 pickup
truck that collided with Reid's car at about 2p.m. Saturday fled the scene,
witnesses told Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Within minutes of the brothers' arrival, Broward Sheriffs Fire Rescue crews showed up to begin what turned out to be a complex extracation. Using hydraulic tools and metal saws, rescuers
cut off the top of the red Toyota Corolla, removed the door and pried the dashboard from Reid's legs. After 30 minutes of work, she was freed and taken to Broward General Medical Center, where she remained on Sunday. She was in stable condition and recovering from surgery to repair her shattered right leg, said her father, Charles Reid.
A month away from graduating from a nursing program at Atlantic Technical Center in Coconut Creek, Miriam Reid was en route to pick up her mother at a friend's house when the truck collided with her westbound car. The crash propelled her Toyota through a chain-link fence and head-on into a tree. Charles Reid said his daughter is alive only because she was wearing a seat belt and the car's airbags deployed. She knows she is lucky to have survived, her family said.
"She just kept telling me last night that she couldn't believe the guy hit her and just ran off like that,'' said David Reid. "She could have been dead.''

Police on Sunday were looking for the Ford F-150 pickup truck, described as having tinted windows and significant front-end damage. "I hope they arrest this guy soon," said Charles
Reid, 51. ''He's dangerous. They need to get him off the road and lock him up before someone else gets hurt." Officials ask anyone with information to call the Broward Sheriff's Office at 954-765-4321 or Broward CrimeStoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TlPS (8477).

By Mike Clary
STAFF WRITER
Staff researcher Barbara
Hijek contributed to this report.
Sun Sentinel
Broward County
May 30, 2011

Crash sends Two People to Hospital

WINTER HAVEN
Two people were hospitalized Saturday following a crash on Lucerne Park Road in Winter Haven, police said. The crash happened about 11:40 a.m. Charles Evans, 53, was headed north on Lucerne Park Road when his 2007 Chevrolet truck drifted into the southbound lane, according to Winter Haven Police Department. He struck the rear left of a car driven by Alexis Perez, 27, who was able to drive off the road.
Evans' truck hit another car driven by Elizabeth Warren, causing it to spin and land off the road, police said. Evans' truck came to rest about 200 feet from the initial crash.
Addresses of those involved in the crash were not available immediately.
Evans and Warren were flown to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Their condition was not known at press time. Perez had minor injuries, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
Lakeland Ledger
Polk County
May 29, 2011

Police: 4 injured in 3-vehicle crash

FLEEING .DRIVER
Police: 4 injured in 3-vehicle crash
By MATTHEW PLEASANT
NYT Regional Media Group

WINTER HAVEN
A 26-year-old driver fleeing from police caused a Multi-vehicle crash at U.S. 17 and Avenue G Southeast that injured him and three others, two seriously, Tuesday night, Winter Haven police
said.
The driver, Frenanadio Dwayne Washington, of 300 Lee Ave. N.W., was thrown from his vehicle, suffering head injuries, a broken shoulder and several fractured vertebrae. He was airlifted
to Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
His passenger, Lemyuel Blaine Johnson Jr., 25, of 847 Cinnamon Drive in Winter Haven, suffered facial fractures.
He was taken to Winter Haven Hospital and later was transferred to Tampa General Hospital.
Also injured were the drivers of two other cars. Angie Diaz suffered multiple pelvic fractures and a broken ankle. She was taken to Winter Haven Hospital and later was transferred to
Tampa General. Lauren Cobarrubio sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from Winter Haven Hospital, police said.
The incident began late Tuesday night, when Winter Haven police officers were in the area of Seventh Street Southwest and Avenue O investigating personal robberies, the Winter Haven Police Department said.
The officers, who were outside their unmarked vehicle, saw a car run a stop sign at that intersection about 11:20 p.m. When the officers found the car at Ninth Street Southwest and Avenue O, an officer approached the passenger side of the vehicle, signaling the driver to stop. Police said Washington drove around the officer and left the area at a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle ran the stop sign at Ninth Street Southwest and Avenue N. Washington’s car then drove past a marked police car that had its emergency lights on in the 600 block of Avenue M Southwest and headed north on Sixth Street Southwest. That officer turned around in an effort to catch the vehicle, but as he passed Avenue K Southwest, he turned off his lights and sirens, realizing he would be unable to do that. As the officer turned onto Avenue G Southwest, he saw Washington enter the intersection at U.S. 17 in a Ford Taurus while Cobarrubio was headed north in a Chevy Cavalier. Washington’s vehicle crashed into Diaz’s, causing her car to spin. Washington then hit Cobarrubio’s car, causing her to crash into a pole on the west side of U.S. 17, police said. Charges are pending as the investigation continues.

Crash kills Ponte Vedra Beach man

Crash kills Ponte Vedra Beach Man
From Staff
A 43-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach man was killed Thursday morning in a crash on U.S. 1 North near Nocatee Parkway, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
A woman driving northbound on U.S. 1 in a 2007 Toyota around 7 a.m. Thursday, drifted
into the median and swerved right and hard back to the left and into oncoming traffic, the
report said.
Thoman Dantin was driving southbound on U.S. 1 in his 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck when
the Toyota crossed into his lane, the report said. He swerved right in an attempt to avoid the oncoming car, but the Toyota still struck the left fender and driver's side door of the Chevrolet.
Dantin was airlifted as a trauma alert, but died, the report said.
The driver of the Toyota was also injured, but the extent of her injuries was not available.
A 2-year-old child in the Toyota was not injured, the report said.
The drivers were taken to Baptist Hospital South and Shands Hospital Jacksonville, but the report does not say who went to which hospital.
Both were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, the report said.
Charges are pending completion of the investigation.

St Augustine Record
St Johns County
May 14,2011

One killed, two hurt Near I-75 exit

TAMPA
One killed, two
hurt near I-75 exit
A man died Sunday afternoon
in a car crash near the
Interstate 75 exit to Morris
Bridge Road. Aaron Madueke, 59, was driving north on I-75 about 1:09 p.m. in a
2000 Honda Accord when
he exited onto Morris Bridge
Road, Hillsborough County
sheriff’s officials said. He
failed to stop at a stop sign
at the exit. A 2001 Ford Expedition
traveling west then
struck the Honda, officials
said. Madueke, of Tampa,
died at the scene. His daughter,
Mary Madueke, 14, was
taken to a hospital with
nonlife-threatening injuries,
authorities said. The driver of
the Expedition, Jack Small,
52, of Valrico was uninjured.
His wife, Kimberly Small, 50,
was taken to the hospital
with minor injuries, authorities said. An investigation is
ongoing.
St Petersburg Times
Pinellas County

Minor injuries in bus vs. car Friday

KATHIE COLGROVE
NCR Reporter
A Nassau County school bus transporting 27 students collided with a car in Callahan Friday morning.
Two of the students complained of minor injuries. The crash occurred just after 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of · Mickler Street and Second Avenue as the bus was traveling to West Nassau High School. Following the collision, the students were transferred to Bus No.389 and transported to school, said Bus Route Coordinator Susan Malcolm.
Janice Frost, 57, of Fernandina Beach was driving Bus No. 376 northbound on Mickler Street. As she was turning left onto Second Avenue, Roberts, 47, of Callahan was driving a 2008 Chevy that was stopped in the eastbound lane of Second Avenue neat the intersection, according to a Florida Highway Patrol media release. Frost traveled across the eastbound lanes while she was turning the bus, causing the left side of the bus to collide with the front left side of Roberts' vehicle. Donald Cope, 20, of Callahan was listed as a passenger in Roberts' car, according to the
report. The Chevy sustained approximately $2,000 in damages. Frost, Roberts and Cope wore seatbelts. Alcohol was not a factor in the crash, according to the release.
Nassau County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene to render aid. Frost was cited for reckless driving, said FHP Lt. Joel Bill Leeper.

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Semi-trailer hits truck on U.S. 301

Ronny Adalid Mejia Mungua
had a run-in with a Mac truck
Saturday evening and lived to
tell about it.
A Florida Highway Patrol
investigator said Mungua, 25,
pulled out in front of the truck,
driven by46-year-old Michael
Joseph Bennett at the intersection
of County Road 1471 and
U.S. 301. Bennett swerved to
avoid plowing into Mungua, but
instead hit the rear of Mungoua's
1996 GMC Jimmy.
Bennett's truck rotated and
then overturned on its side in
the southbound lanes of U.S.
301, blocking traffic for about 40
minutes.
Both drivers were sent to
Shands for minor injuries.
Ocala Star Banner
Marion County
April18, 2011

Three Oaks Middle teacher injured in Alico Road crash

LEE COUNTY — A Lee County teacher was severely injured Monday morning in an early morning crash near the intersection of Alico Road and Ben Hill Griffin Parkway. Lee County School District spokesman Joe Donzelli said the driver injured in one of the vehicles was William “Skip” Perry, band director at Three Oaks Middle School. No additional information about Perry’s condition was available. Donzelli said the district will have grief counselors on available to students and teachers Tuesday. “All those preparations for people to remain in standby were made tonight,” he said. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Perry was driving a 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse east on Alico Road, while fellow Fort Myers resident Michael Dewayne Bertsch was driving a 2006 Peterbuilt semi-truck west on Alico Road. FHP reports said that at around 8:44 a.m. Perry’s Eclipse crossed the center line and hit the left front side of the truck. After the impact, FHP reports said that the Eclipse rotated counter clockwise and came to a final rest on the east bound lane facing south. The truck continued eastbound and came to a final rest facing west. Perry was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in critical condition. The accident shut down Alico Road at Ben Hill Griffin Parkway in Lee County for several hours, and a HAZMAT crew had to clean diesel fuel from the accident off the road before it could be reopened. FHP reports said charges are pending in the accident. for more information please visit: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/apr/11/three-oaks-middle-william-skip-perry-alico-crash/