Friday, January 30, 2015

PBSO gives details on two vehcile rollover crash on Dixie Highway this week


This is what our Vehicle Homicide Investigations Unit discovered while investigation the fatal crash that occurred on the 16th Ave. North and Dixie Highway, Lake Worth. 

V-2 WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE OF DIXIE HWY APPROACHING NW 16TH AVE, V-1 WAS ALSO SOUTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE. V-1 SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT OF V-1 STRUCK THE LEFT REAR OF V-2. V-1 OVERTURNED ONTO ITS SIDE SLIDING TO REST TO NW 17TH AVE. V-2 WAS REDIRECTED TO THE WEST, STRUCK THE RAISED CURB AND OVERTURNED AS THE DRIVER SIDE OF V-2 STRUCK A CONCRETE LIGHT POLE. RIGHT REAR PASSENGER OF V-2 WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED UPON ARRIVAL TO ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER. BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGER OF V-2 WERE TRANSPORTED TO JFK MEDICAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. IMPAIRMENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR FOR D-1.