NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 3, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
CAUSE OF EARLY MORNING CRASH UNDER INVESTIGATION
The Okaloosa
County Sheriff's Office is investigating the cause of a crash around 3:30 Friday
morning at the intersection of Highway 98 and Mary Esther Boulevard.
A driver
for Rockey Moving and Storage Company out of Killeen Texas was critically
injured when his tractor trailer truck went through the intersection and struck
a concrete wall. 28-year old Tyshon
Jammar, Jr. of Killeen Texas was flown by medical helicopter to Sacred Heart
Hospital in Pensacola.
Investigators say alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash but the
investigation is continuing.