NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 7, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
NO
CHARGES EXPECTED IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
A 63-year old woman was killed around 8:34 p.m. Wednesday night as she tried to
cross Highway 98 in Destin west of its intersection with
Danny Wuerffel Way
. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Traffic Homicide Investigator Mark Raiche
says the victim was walking north and went into the path of a 1989 Chevrolet
Sport Utility Vehicle heading east in the left turn lane. Deputies are still
trying to locate the victim's next-of-kin. No charges are expected against the
driver of the SUV.
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