High School Student Dies in Fla. Car Accident Days After Turning 18 - and Mom in Coma Doesn t Know People 2 hrs ago
The Gainesville, Florida, community is mourning the loss of an amazing high school senior.
On Saturday night, Audrey Cheves and her mother Melissa were driving home from picking the teen up after a work shift when they got into a car accident at the 1400 block of NW 39th Avenue, according to CBS 4, which cited the Gainesville Police Department.
Audrey and Melissa were both removed from their vehicle with the jaws of life by Gainesville Fire Rescue,
The Gainesville Sun reported. Audrey, who turned 18 only days prior, was reportedly pronounced dead on the scene while her mother was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital.
One woman dead after car crash in Gainesville
Gainesville Police Department launched a traffic homicide investigation following the fatal crash crime
A rear-end car collision on Northwest 39th Avenue next to Publix left one person dead Saturday.
A driver in a Toyota Sedan was leaving the north-side parking lot of Publix and making a right turn onto Northwest 39th Avenue. At the same time, a Jeep was speeding east from the 1900 block of Northwest 39th Avenue. The Jeep crashed into the Toyota, according to a Gainesville Police Department press release.
GPD officers responded to the crash at about 9:30 p.m.
Ralph D. Turlington Sr. died May 12 at 100 years old. He served as the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and as the state's commissioner of education.