Tag Archive for traffic fatality

Two Killed In Crash Early Friday Morning

April 27, 2012 Front Page Comments Off

By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
Two people were killed in a traffic accident on Interstate 10, east of the US 221 exit early Friday morning, April 27.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Hector G. Garcia, 67, of Ruskin, was eastbound on I-10 when for an unknown reason, the 1997 Chevrolet Suburban he was driving veered off the roadway onto the south shoulder and began rotating clockwise.
While rotating on the south shoulder, the Suburban overturned several times and then came to rest upright in the tree line on the south shoulder.
Garcia was critically injured in the crash and was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Garcia’s passengers, Manuel Valdez, 56, and Felicitas Valdez, 50, both of Frostproof, were killed in the crash.
Seatbelt usage for the passengers is pending further investigation.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Madison County EMS, Madison Fire and Rescue and the Greenville Volunteer Fire Department assisted FHP at the scene.
FHP Trooper Berry Crews was the crash investigator. FHP Cpl. Carlton Yarborough was the homicide investigator.

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21-Year-Old Killed In Crash

September 1, 2011 Front Page 8 comments

By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
A 21-year-old Madison woman was killed in a Wednesday night, Aug. 31, crash on Highway 53 North at Rocky Springs Church Road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at approximately 9:20 p.m., Amy Ruth Newman, 21, was traveling north on State Road 53, approaching a left hand curve. Newman’s 1997 Chevy Malibu left the road and traveled onto the east shoulder. The car then overturned and collided into a tree.
Newman was pronounced dead at the scene.
FHP was assisted at the scene by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Madison County EMS and Cherry Lake and Madison volunteer firefighters.
FHP Cpl. Donnie Pitts was the investigating officer, as well as the homicide investigator.

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Crash Claims Life

August 31, 2011 Front Page Comments Off

A traffic fatality has occurred on Highway 53 North near Rocky Springs Missionary Baptist Church. According to people at the scene, it appears that the driver failed to negotiate a curve and ran into the ditch. Please keep the family and friends of the victim (unidentified at this time) in your prayers.

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