Deputy Hurt In 4-Car Turnpike Crash
23-Year-Old Taken To Orlando Hospital
POSTED: Friday, July 3, 2009
UPDATED: 11:00 am EDT July 3,
2009
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 23-year-old Orange County sheriff's deputy is in serious condition after a four-car crash on Florida's Turnpike.
Copyright 2009 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Deputy Shane Dickens was conducting a traffic stop early Friday morning when a SUV driven by 32-year-old Christopher Schriefer veered onto the shoulder of the roadway and hit Dickens' patrol car. The SUV bounced back into traffic and was then was sideswiped by a semi truck driven by 55-year-old Arturo Lopez, of Oak Creek, Wis., the FHP said. Both Dickens, who was outside of his patrol car at the time of the crash, and the driver he had pulled over, 22-year-old Kerry Velasquez, were taken to an Orlando hospital with serious injuries. Schriefer suffered minor injuries. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. Copyright 2009 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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