U.C.F. professor Dr. Bill Safranek, Wendymary Artiles, 22, killed, Jarison Rodriguez, 27, critically injured after two car crash on State Road 520 in Brevard County.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:22am
Accident Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 2014

UCF professor killed in crash.

A University of Central Florida professor was killed Monday night in a two-vehicle crash in Brevard County, school officials said.

A University of Central Florida professor was killed Monday night in a two-vehicle crash in Brevard County, school officials said.

Dr. Bill Safranek, an assistant professor in UCF’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, died in the crash, which occurred near State Road 520 and State Road 524 in Cocoa.

A woman identified as Wendymary Artiles, 22, of Apopka, also died in the crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. She was a passenger in the other vehicle.

Troopers said a man driving an F-150 was heading eastbound on S.R. 520 when he attempted to turn left onto S.R. 524. The FHP has not identified the driver, but it's believed that Safranek was behind the wheel.

Jarison Rodriguez, 27, who was driving the other vehicle, veered to the right to avoid the truck but struck the front left of it, causing the pickup to overturn before it struck a road sign and a stop sign and ignited, the FHP said.

Rodriguez's vehicle overturned on its left side, ejecting Artiles from the vehicle, according to troopers. She was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where she died, the FHP said.

Rodriguez was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Wendymary Artiles
Dr. Bill Safranek
Jarison Rodriguez
City: 
Cocoa, FL

Comments

Jarison Rodriguez was my best friend don't know why his family did that big dision of takin him out of life support

The family didn't take him off life support . His organs failed after surgery

I wanted to say thank you for reporting all parties involved. Unfortunately, the news is only reporting about Dr Safranek. Orlando Sentinel didnt even get Jarisons name right. They called him Jason. A little update though, Jarison has no damage to his major organs in his abdomen. he had surgery on one of his legs last night due to lack of blood flow and it was successful. He is still in a coma with a lot of brain damage but seems to be recovering quite well. We are currently working on getting Jarisons mother here from Cuba. please pray for our friends and family affected by this and we hope Jari makes a good recovery. We obviously know he wont ever be the same but he needs to come home.

RIP my friend Wendy, from me and Yudy.

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