Photo for Headline Surfer / The driver in this 1997 white and tan Chevrolet C1500 pickup truck was killed in a collision with another motorist after ignoring a stop sign that resulted in the deadly crash shortly after 8:38 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 68-year-old Titusville man has lost his life in a traffic accident last night caused by his own negligence by ignoring ignoring a stop sign, police said.
Officers with the Daytona Beach Police Department responded to North Williamson Boulevard and Reliability Way after Volusia County emergency dispatchers received a 9-1-1 call for help at 8:38 p.m. from a witness stating that two vehicles had collided with one another.
Daytona Beach Police Department's Traffic Homicide Unit arrived shortly afterward to process the scene.
Here is a synopsis of what occurred in an email media alert sent to Headline Surfer from DBPD: Witnesses at the scene told investigators that a 1997 white and tan Chevrolet C1500 pickup truck – driven by the Titusville man – was heading eastbound on Reliability when the vehicle went through the posted stop sign without stopping, merging into the southbound lanes of Williamson.
As the Chevy truck was in the process of merging, the front of a 1999 white GMC Yukon approaching Reliability as it headed south on Williamson struck the driver’s side door of the C1500.
The impact caused the C1500 to spin counterclockwise as it crossed through the southbound lanes and into the northbound lanes on Williamson before it flipped over, coming to rest on its passenger side.
"First responders pulled the (Titusville) driver out of the vehicle and rushed him to Halifax Health Medical Center as a trauma alert," Daytona Beach police spokesman Messod Bendayan told Headline Surfer. "He was listed in critical and unstable condition before he passed away earlier today."
"First responders pulled the (Titusville) driver out of the vehicle and rushed him to Halifax Health Medical Center as a trauma alert," Daytona Beach police spokesman Messod Bendayan told Headline Surfer. "He was listed in critical and unstable condition before he passed away earlier today."
The identity of the Chevy driver is not available at this time. DBPD is still attempting to contact his next of kin. the police spokesman said.
No one else was inside the C1500 at the time of the accident.
The Yukon driver – a 33-year-old Holly Hill man – was checked out on scene by medical personnel and reported no injuries. That man’s 10-year-old son – who was a passenger in the Yukon when the accident happened – was also looked at on scene by medical personnel and reported no injuries, Bendayan said.
The names of the father and son were not immediately available.
There are no criminal charges pending for this case, Bendayan said.
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