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Three people were taken to area hospitals after they were hurt in a Wellington crash involving multiple vehicles this afternoon.
The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. at Southshore Boulevard and Pierson Road, said a spokesman for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
Crews arriving at the scene found four cars involved with multiple injures. Two people were taken to Palms West Medical Center and one was taken to Wellington Regional Medical Center.
A Wellington woman has been arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. Deputies say that just before 11 p.m. Thursday night they were called to Summit Blvd and Congress Ave about a possible DUI driver. Investigators say that they found Jennifer Sorgie sitting in her vehicle in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven with the engine still on. Deputies say that her Dodge Durango had extensive front end damage and a blown out tire.
One person was hurt after a head-on crash early Wednesday morning near Port Mayaca. At 6:30am rescue crews responded to the 14977 block area of US 441 for reports of a sugarcane truck accident. First-arriving crews found heavy damage to both vehicles, according to Cpt. Albert Borroto with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. A man was taken to Lakeside Medical in Belle Glade for treatment.
A 65-year-old man is in critical condition after being hurt this afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in suburban West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Victor Aponte, of West Palm Beach, was driving in the area of Meathe Drive and Jog Road when his Toyota collided a with a Cherolet Express van shortly after 3 p.m. He was rushed to St. Mary’s Medical Medical.
Martha Aponte, 60, was a passenger in the Toyota and she was taken to St. Mary’s with minor injuries. The driver of the van was identified as Robert Rivera, 64, of Port St. Lucie.
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.
A man was lying on the FEC railroad tracks when has struck and killed by a southbound train in Boynton Beach Thursday morning. The area of Woolbright Road and Ocean Avenue where the crash happened will be closed for several hours as authorities investigate, said a Boynton Beach police spokeswoman.
The crash was reported at 8:57 a.m. The man was hit by a freight train headed for Miami carrying autos and merchandise in containers, said a Florida East Coast Railway spokesman in an email. The investigation will be handled by Boynton Beach police.
A Georgia man was killed in a crash Monday night on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County. At 11:27 p.m., a Nissan Maximan driven by Tahseen Tanzil, 26, of Lilburn, Ga., went off the road and rolled over into a pond on southbound I-95 at Belvedere Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The car came to rest partially submerged in the pond on its rooftop. The ramp to Belvedere Road was closed for a period of time but back open by 5 a.m. Tanzil was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center but later pronounced dead. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
A person was airlifted to Delray Medical Center after a motorcycle accident Sunday night in Lantana, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.
Crews arrived to the accident scene at Lantana Road and Congress Avenue around 7:15 p.m. and found “several patients laying in the roadway,” a Fire Rescue spokesman.
The first patient had injuries that required a Trauma Hawk flight to the hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
A second patient suffered minor injuries and was transported to JFK Medical Center in Atlantis for treatment.
One man was transported to Delray Medical Center as a trauma alert after suffering injuries in a single-vehicle rollover accident, said a spokesman for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
Fire rescue crews responded to the accident around 1:00 p.m. in the 3100 block of Woolbright Road.
Upon arrival, crews found a car on its roof and the only occupant of the car laying in the roadway. The patient was pulled from the car by bystanders, Borroto said.