Headline Surfer snapshot graphic and crash scene photos by Henry Frederick / A young Port Orange mother of three girls, 32-year-old Riccilynn Rigoli, as shown in these Facebook photos, was killed, and her husband, Donald Rigoli, critically injured early on this Monday morning after a single-vehicle rollover on the South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach. The westbound lanes were closed for 6-plus hours before sunrise. Those leaving the beachside for early morning commutes to the mainland were able to use the smaller North Causeway.
By HENRY FREDERICKNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- A woman was killed and a man critically injured after they were ejected from their pick-up truck in a rollover early this morning on the South Causeway Bridge, New Smyrna Beach police said.
Riccyln Rigoli, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene at of the 12:43 a.m. single-vehicle fatal accident.
Donald Rigoli, was airlifted by a Volusia County Sheriff's helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Police were not certain who was behind the wheel of the westbound pick-up truck.
Here is a synopsis of what happened as described in by New Smyrna Beach Sgt. Christopher Kirk in an email alert to Headline Surfer: The above-listed persons were involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash while traveling westbound over the South Causeway Bridge. Both parties are believed to have been ejected from the silver Ford pickup truck. Donald Rigoli was transported by Volusia County Air One to Halifax Hospital and is undergoing tests at this time. Riccilynn Rigoli was pronounced deceased on scene. It is unknown at this time who was driving the vehicle.
Asked by Headline Surfer if the accident was alcohol-related, Kirk said he had no information on the deadly crash other than what was in a press release.
Photo for Headline Surfer / Riccilynn Rigoli left behind three young daughters as shown on her Facebook page. Ironically, the young girls are standing next to the vehicle their mother was driving when she was killed.Sunday was Cinco de Mayo, a New Smyrna Beach CRA-funded event put on by the Merchants of Flagler Avenue Hospitality Group for the bars and restaurants on Flagler Avenue.
Whether there is a connection between the fatality and this event is yet to be officially determined, though Headline Surfer has been told by at least two sources who asked for anonymity the couple and a third older man were seen drinking together inside a bar on Flagler Avenue during the late evening hours.
The 24/7 internet news outlet has been shooting videos for more than two years of partying on Flagler Avenue during events sponsored by the Merchants of Flagler Avenue Hospitality Group which has received extensive CRA-taxpayer-supported funding for alcohol-fueled street festivals as part of $2 million in Community Redevelopment Agency funding for improvements to bars over the past five years under the administration of Mayor Adam Barringer and City Managerr Pam Brangaccio, neither of whom returned calls for comment on this fatality.
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Headline Surfer (NSBNews.net) photos and video by Henry Frederick / Video produced by Multimedia Editor Sera Frederick. This was the scene of New Year's Eve before the ringing in of 2012 on Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, including this couple, standing on the public sidewalk and holding glass mugs with beer purchased in the Om Bar behind them. The internet newspaper had to nudge a cop to react to what was so obvious right in front of him and several other officers -- a blatant violation of the open container law.
A traffic homicide investigation on Rigoli is being conducted by members of the New Smyrna Beach Motors Division.
Traffic was allowed to resume westbound on the south Causeway just before 7 a.m. after being closed throughout the overnight hours.