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The family of a man who was killed by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 95 on Saturday has more questions than answers about what led up to the deadly crash. Norman Mello, 42, was headed south on I-95 on his motorcycle Saturday evening. That’s when Florida Highway Patrol said Varissa Vargas, 20, was driving the wrong way in the express lanes between State Road 836 (Dolphin Expressway) and Highway 112.
Two elderly people died, and two others were injured in a car crash Saturday night, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
The accident happened at the intersection of Lake Ida Road and Jog Road in Delray Beach.
Initial information indicated that a vehicle driven by 88-year-old Jacob Sahl failed to yield to oncoming traffic and struck a car driven by Robert Santini of Buffalo Grove Illinois.
Sahl's passenger, also 88-years-old, died at the scene of the crash.
A snorkeler was killed Sunday afternoon when he was struck by a boat near the Jupiter Inlet.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews and Jupiter police were stationed near Dubois Park as they gathered info and transported the injured diver to a hospital via Trauma Hawk.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirms the deceased man is Andrew Harris.
Two boats were pulling into the inlet together when one of them hit the snorkelers.
The FWC said both boats stopped to help and currently no one is facing charges.
A local man says a driver nearly killed him as he was trying to cross the street in West Palm Beach.
Michael Thornhill, 28, said he was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Military Trail and Westgate Avenue early Saturday morning.
It happened so quickly that Thornhill said he did not even know what hit him.
"Next thing I know I woke up on the ground, bleeding out of my head and my leg and in a lot of pain," he said.
Thornhill said he sustained a shattered heal, road rash all over his back, and a gash in his head; now held together by two staples.
Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed that two people are dead after a crash on SW Martin Downs Blvd. near SW Martin Highway.
FHP says two vehicles were involved, one is white Ford F-350 truck and the other was a Toyota car.
Troopers are on the scene investigating at this time.
More details will be added to this story as they become available.
A crash involving two vehicles and a bicycle injured three people Thursday morning in Greenacres.
The wreck shut down all lanes in both directions at 10th Avenue N and Sherwood Forest Boulevard.
A sedan, an SUV and a bike were involved in the collision.
The wreck occurred around 10:15 a.m.
The bicyclist, Ana Fernandez, 79, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was heading northbound across 10th Ave North in the crosswalk on the east side of the intersection.
One person is dead and two others injured after a car struck a pole near the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and Baywinds Drive in West Palm Beach.
The single-vehicle crash happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday.
Two people were airlifted to St. Mary's Medical Center for treatment of their injuries.
A 33-year-old bicycle rider died after colliding with a vehicle late Saturday just north of the Roosevelt Bridge, according to Stuart police.
Police went to the crash at U.S. 1 and Wright Boulevard about 11:20 p.m. Saturday. Mark Slown, the bicycle rider, was taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce, where he was pronounced dead.
Slown, of Port St. Lucie, collided with a four-door Mercury.
Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who investigators with the Delray Beach Police Department said hit a 20-year-old woman while she was rollerblading along Atlantic Avenue. Detectives said the collision between car and person happened on Tuesday morning around 1:00 a.m. on the west side of the Intracoastal bridge. Witnesses said while taking a breather on the Atlantic Avenue intra-coastal bridge with friends, Bucala was hit from behind by a car. The driver then sped off in the direction of downtown.