JUPITER FARMS — An 80-year-old Jupiter girl died Sunday night time when a compact automobile and a pickup collided at an intersection alongside Indiantown Highway, the Palm Seaside County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
The crash passed off at about 10 p.m. when Catherine Root was northbound in a 2001 Toyota Echo, based on a sheriff’s crash report. She drove via an intersection from an entry highway simply west of Jupiter Farms Highway and into the trail of an eastbound 2010 Ford F-150.
The pressure of the crash brought on the Echo to spin to the northeast, and it struck a guard rail on the north aspect of Indiantown Highway. It pivoted off the guardrail earlier than it got here to a ultimate cease towards it. Deputies stated the girl died at 10:38 p.m. The pickup spun counterclockwise and traveled east till it got here to a cease at a flip lane.
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No expenses are pending towards the pickup driver, a 23-year-old Jupiter Farms man, based on PBSO’s crash report. He didn’t maintain accidents.
It was not clear from the PBSO report how briskly both automobile was touring on the time of the crash. Investigators discovered no proof that both driver was drunk or medicine.
Maya Washburn covers northern Palm Seaside County for The Palm Seaside Publish, a part of the USA TODAY Florida-Community. Attain her atmwashburn@pbpost.com. Help native journalism:Subscribe at this time.
