Florida highway pile up on I-75 kills 11, injures 21
February 3, 2012
Identifying the dead and injured from Sunday morning’s multiple-vehicle accidents on Florida’s I-75 has taken several days.
Two local college students were killed in the Interstate 75 accidents. A 27-year-old woman, who was a graduate of the University of Florida and Sante Fe College (SFC), and was taking a dance class at SFC, and her boyfriend, a 26-year-old student, who listed his hometown as Richmond, Virginia, and was attending college in Gainesville.
Also killed was a 22-year-old man from Williston, who had just buried his infant son on Friday. He was returning from bowling with his brother before the accident occurred.
Five members of a Kennesaw, Georgia, church died in the crashes. These parishioners were among a contingent from a largely Brazilian congregation, who were returning home to Marietta from a conference in Orlando. A 43-year-old pastor and his 39-year-old wife, and their 17-year-old daughter were killed, along with the pastor’s 38-year-old brother, and his 41-year-old girlfriend.
Also killed were a man and his wife and daughter, who were traveling to a funeral in Sarasota.
A total of 21 patients were taken to hospitals, and seven people are still in the hospital as of today.
The Florida Highway Patrol is still investigating the accidents.
The Florida auto accident lawyers at Steinger, Iscoe & Greene send our condolences to the families who lost loved ones in these horrible accidents.