Guard struck, killed in stadium parking lot

Guard wearing brightly-colored vest in coned off area

Space Coast Stadium

VIERA, Fla. – A security guard was struck and killed by a vehicle on a parking lot road at Space Coast Stadium on Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

News 6 partner Florida Today reports that police say Dorothy Bowman, 33, of Melbourne, was driving east on the road with child passengers just before 10:30 p.m. when she failed to see 39-year-old Terra Martin, a security guard who was wearing a safety vest, standing in a coned area.

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Martin was taken to Viera Hospital, where she died from injuries sustained in the accident.

The FHP adds that the incident remains under investigation.


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