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A Lake Worth man and a West Palm Beach woman died Friday morning when they were thrown from their motorcycle over an Interstate 95 ramp, the Florida Highway Patrol said Saturday morning.
The driver was Timothy Jacob Pavelka Sr., 57, said a FHP spokesman. His passenger was Christina Michelle Debonis, 43.
Neither was wearing a helmet when the motorcycle crashed just before 9:15 a.m. Friday. The cause of the crash — and whether alcohol played any role in it — remains under investigation, FHP said.
A motorcyclist was killed when he rear-ended a truck on Interstate 95, fell onto the asphalt and was struck by a sport-utility vehicle Monday night in Palm Bay.
Edwin Sorto-Gonzales, 28, of Ranburne, Ala., died in the 9:05 p.m. crash, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The wreck occurred near Mile Marker 178, midway between the U.S. 192 and Palm Bay Road exits.
Sorto-Gonzales was driving a 2004 Yamaha south on I-95 when he failed to slow down and struck the back of a 1998 Chevrolet pickup.
Northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down due to a vehicle and brush fire in Volusia County Saturday.
Firefighters said one person died as a result of the accident.
Firefighters said the fire started around Mile Marker 258, just south of Daytona Beach in the northbound lanes of I-95.
Firefighters said a the vehicle ran off the road, hit a tree, caught on fire and the fire then spread into woods.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said one other person was injured from the accident.
-All northbound lanes of Interstate 95 are back open Wednesday morning after an earlier wreck near PGA Boulevard.
The wreck involving multiple vehicles happened around 8:21 a.m.
It's unclear if anyone was injured.
A two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on southbound Interstate 95 caused traffic delays in Martin County on Tuesday morning.
The wreck occurred at mile marker 93.5 near Hobe Sound around 7:50 a.m.