Coconut Creek, FL – Man Hit & Killed By Driver on FL Trnpke

Coconut Creek, FL (March 28, 2024) – A woman was killed in a crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Coconut Creek early Thursday, authorities said.

The crash happened around 3:00 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike south of the Coconut Creek Parkway. Florida Highway Patrol officials said a 2009 Acura TSX sedan was parked on the outside shoulder of the Turnpike while a 2015 Jeep Wrangler was improperly driving on the shoulder. The Jeep driver, a 31-year-old man from Coconut Creek, didn’t slow, stop, or maneuver to avoid the Acura and crashed into it from behind, FHP officials said.

The Acura driver, a 30-year-old woman from Panama City, died at the scene. The man who was driving the Jeep suffered non-incapacitating injuries, FHP officials said, though no further details were provided.

Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families.

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