Nine people died and one person was critically injured when an overloaded SUV drove out of control on a South Florida road, hit a railing and plunged upside down into a canal, authorities said. At approximately 7:30 p.m., a 2023 Ford Explorer containing ten passengers was heading south on Hatton Highway close to the Belle Glade farming community. Monday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported, it came to a section of the two-lane road that jogs momentarily west before returning south. In cooperation with the sheriff’s office, the NTSB said on Tuesday that they had begun an inquiry into the collision.
The wreck, which occurred on Monday when Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 storm, is not thought to have been caused by floods or by Tropical Storm Debby’s aftereffects, the sheriff’s office informed CBS News. Reporters were informed by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Capt. Tom Reyes that the SUV was partially submerged and upside down when the rescuers arrived. Five died in the hospital, while four were declared dead at the spot. Among the dead is the driver. After being rescued, a passenger, age 26, was in critical condition. “I’ve been with the department for 20 years and this is one of the most difficult scenes I’ve been on,” Reyes stated.
Nine people died and one person was critically injured when an overloaded SUV drove out of control on a South Florida road, hit a railing and plunged upside down into a canal, authorities said. At approximately 7:30 p.m., a 2023 Ford Explorer containing ten passengers was heading south on Hatton Highway close to the Belle Glade farming community. Monday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported, it came to a section of the two-lane road that jogs momentarily west before returning south. In cooperation with the sheriff’s office, the NTSB said on Tuesday that they had begun an inquiry into the collision.
The wreck, which occurred on Monday when Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 storm, is not thought to have been caused by floods or by Tropical Storm Debby’s aftereffects, the sheriff’s office informed CBS News. Reporters were informed by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Capt. Tom Reyes that the SUV was partially submerged and upside down when the rescuers arrived. Five died in the hospital, while four were declared dead at the spot. Among the dead is the driver. After being rescued, a passenger, age 26, was in critical condition. “I’ve been with the department for 20 years and this is one of the most difficult scenes I’ve been on,” Reyes stated.
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