A 69-year-old Florida man was struck and killed whereas making an attempt to cross U.S. 1 in Key Largo the morning of April 1.
In accordance with Florida Freeway Patrol, the person was on an electrical four-wheel scooter and touring west throughout U.S. 1 when a 2019 Dodge Charger touring south on the within lane of U.S. 1 struck him.
The person was transported to Baptist Well being South Florida Mariners Hospital the place he later died from his accidents.
FHP mentioned neither alcohol nor medicine had been an element within the collision. The freeway was shut down simply earlier than 8 a.m. and reopened simply after 9 a.m.
FHP mentioned they had been making an attempt to contact the sufferer’s subsequent of kin. FHP doesn’t launch the names of these concerned in accidents.
The incident marks the fourth deadly accident within the Higher Keys since March 17. The opposite three deadly accidents occurred in Islamorada at MM 79, the place a husband and spouse from Ohio had been hit and killed as they tried to cross the freeway, at MM 90 the place a car struck and killed a 71-year-old Florida man strolling on the sidewalk, and MM 82 the place a California bicyclist was hit and killed making an attempt to cross the freeway.