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Thursday, January 9, 2014

A woman died when she drove off the road and into a Delray Beach canal on Friday, after heavy rains caused flooding which concealed the edge of the road and body of water, authorities said.

The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office was investigating the incident at Via Flora and West Atlantic Avenue.

The woman died at the scene.

Heavy rains and flooding closed roads and schools and destroyed several cars and homes in Palm Beach County Friday.

Date: 
Thursday, January 9, 2014
A Port St. Lucie man was arrested on Thursday for leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, after he allegedly rammed into a car an ex-roommate was riding in, authorities said. Joseph Day and Ashley Biasetti told Port St. Lucie Police that Biasetti’s ex-roommate, Bryan Douglas Dotts, had smashed into the car they were in then drove away, according to a probable cause affidavit. Biasetti said that she went to a Walmart with Dotts, 50, but got out of his car and jumped into Day’s vehicle.