NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
May 25, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

ELDERLY MAN DIES IN ONE CAR ACCIDENT

         At about 8:53 a.m. Monday morning, May 25th, an 87 year old white male was fatally injured in a single vehicle accident on Airport Rd next to the Destin Airport.   Witnesses reported the driver was traveling westbound in the curve and left the roadway, crossing the sidewalk and impacting into the block and rail fencing running along the south side of the airport facility.  EMS personnel transported the driver to the Coast Guard Station and he was flown by Life Flight to Sacred Heart Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.  The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigators are currently investigating the accident.

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