NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 25, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
ELDERLY MAN DIES IN ONE CAR ACCIDENT
At about 8:53 a.m. Monday morning, May 25th, an 87 year old white male
was fatally injured in a single vehicle accident on Airport Rd next to the
Destin Airport. Witnesses reported the
driver was traveling westbound in the curve and left the roadway, crossing the
sidewalk and impacting into the block and rail fencing running along the south
side of the airport facility. EMS
personnel transported the driver to the Coast Guard Station and he was flown by
Life Flight to Sacred Heart Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigators are
currently investigating the accident.
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