Articles Tagged with Manatee County

BRADENTON, FL – A 47-year-old man was arrested for DUI after causing a collision that injured an on-duty Manatee County deputy Sunday. 

The impaired driver, identified as William Thomas, drifted off northbound Boulevard West and into the southbound lanes and struck the deputy’s vehicle head-on, CBS 12 said. The impact caused the deputy’s car to overturn. 

EMS crews and deputies pulled up to the scene after 11:45 p.m. Ambulance crews took the deputy to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Deputies stayed at the crash site and conducted an investigation. Officials learned that the deputy was about to turn left into the Manatee County Jail when he was hit by Thomas. 

BRADENTON, FL – A 77-year-old driving a sedan passed away after he crashed into a semi-truck head-on at the SR 70 and I-75 connector Saturday. 

The events unfolded after 9:30 a.m. when the man drifted off eastbound SR-70 and went into the semi-truck driver’s lane, MySunCoast said. Florida Highway Patrol said both drivers were approaching the I-95 South off-ramp when they collided. 

The crash’s impact claimed the life of the elderly man and left his passenger in critical condition. 

ELLENTON, FL – A 78-year-old man passed away, and a 23-year-old man was taken to HCA Florida Blake Hospital following a left-turn collision Monday.

Bradenton Herald said the events unfolded before 6:45 a.m. when the elderly man tried to turn left from Colony Drive South onto U.S. 301 South and crashed his pickup truck into a Hyundai Sonata. Once the vehicles collided, the car was thrust into a grassy shoulder and the truck into a paved shoulder. Florida Highway Patrol said the pickup truck driver was traveling south and the car driver north at the time of the wreck. 

Troopers confirmed the 78-year-old man, an Ellenton local, did not wear a seatbelt but did not specify if the 23-year-old man, also from the area, wore a seatbelt as well. Nonetheless, the elderly man perished at the scene, and EMS crews took the surviving driver to the hospital.

MYAKKA CITY, FL – An SUV driver drifted off SR-70 West into the eastbound lanes, causing them to collide head-on with a pickup truck, claiming the lives of two people Sunday. 

This collision occurred before 8 p.m. along Betts Road, according to MySunCoast. Once the vehicles collided, the SUV passenger and pickup truck driver perished at the crash site. 

Upon arrival, emergency crews hurried the SUV driver to a hospital for treatment of serious wounds. It is unclear if the second SUV passenger, who survived, was hospitalized, but they were left with minor wounds.