Updated 7:32 p.m.
A driver was killed in a crash near the intersection of Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road in Palm Coast at 4:10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16. Just seven minutes later in an unrelated incident, at 4:17 p.m., a young boy or man riding a bicycle was involved in a crash with a dump truck, and the youth was pronounced dead at the scene, at the intersection of Belle Terre Parkway and Pine Grove Drive, according to the Palm Coast Fire Department.
In both incidents, bystanders were performing CPR before emergency crews arrived to take over, said spokesman Patrick Juliano.
The driver at Old Kings Road was transported to AdventHealth, where he or she was pronounced dead. Three vehicles were involved, and it is possible that a “medical issue” was the cause, according to the Florida Highway Patrol’s X account. No other information has been released.
In the case of the bicycle rider, “unfortunately the injuries were severe, and he was pronounced deceased on the scene,” Juliano said.
While Juliano was uncertain of the youth’s age, apparent first-hand social media reports indicate the bicycle rider may have been just a child.
The Pine Grove crash comes as the city is planning on making safety improvements at the intersection with Belle Terre. A grant of $4.5 million will enable the city to add a right turn lane to Belle Terre, and to close the median, making it impossible to turn left out of Pine Grove and head south on Belle Terre.
“We‘ve had significant accidents at that intersection,” Palm Coast Chief of Staff Jason DeLorenzo said on Sept. 13, on WNZF’s “Free For All Friday.”
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Source: observerlocalnews
