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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 68-year-old Titusville man lost his life in a traffic accident back on the night of March 11 caused by his own negligence by ignoring a stop sign, Daytona Beach cops 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 (the next day)."
"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 (the next day)."
The deceased Titusville driver of the Chevy C1500 pickup truck was later identified as 69-year-old Lawrence Wayne Miller.
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 with him when the accident happened – was also looked at on scene by medical personnel and they reported no injuries, Bendayan said.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008, that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed close to 150 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. • Award-Winning Journalism: Florida Press Club recognizes Headline Surfer for nine stories in 2020 statewide competition. • Award-Winning Journalism of Henry Frederick.