NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 63-year-old Titusville woman was clinging to her life at Halifax Medical Center after the Honda trike motorcycle she was on with her husband collided with a mini-van earlier today in the 3000 block of North Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach police reported.
Louis Goldstein, 63, was admitted into the Daytona Beach hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Both she and her 77-year-old husband, Maurice Goldstein, were thrown from their Honda, police said. He was admitted into the hospital as well, but with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
According to eyewitness accounts given to police, both vehicles were southbound on the roadway when the mini-van rear-ended the motorcycle, causing both vehicles to leave the roadway. The Goldsteins had their helmets on.
James Rosser, 68, of Flint, Mich., the driver of the mini-van, was transported to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach with non-life threatening injuries. Paramedics at the scene told police Rosser may have been under medical duress just prior to the 3:52 p.m. accident.