Two people are dead and two others are fighting for their lives after an overnight two-car crash tore through unincorporated Boynton Beach, with one of the vehicles catching fire at the scene. First responders arriving near Lawrence Road and Old Boynton Road found the wreckage still burning, according to details released early Saturday morning.
The two people who died were found inside one of the vehicles, according to BocaNewsNow.com. At least two other people were critically injured and were rushed to Delray Medical Center for treatment. As of 9:05 a.m., the identities of everyone involved had not been released.
Investigation Underway Near Boynton Beach Boulevard
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is handling the investigation into what caused the crash, per the same report. No further details on the sequence of events, the vehicles involved, or the cause of the collision had been made public as of early Saturday morning.
The crash site sits in unincorporated Boynton Beach, near the busy Boynton Beach Boulevard corridor, an area that has seen other serious wrecks in recent years. It remains unclear whether the fire that engulfed one of the vehicles started on impact or afterward, and investigators had not indicated how the two cars collided.
A Stretch of Road With a History of Deadly Wrecks
This is not the first fatal crash reported near that same intersection. In April 2012, an 86-year-old Lake Worth woman named Gloria Hart died after a driver ran a red light at Lawrence Road and Old Boynton Road, according to the Sun-Sentinel. That crash happened when a Ford Sport Trac heading north on Lawrence Road struck the passenger side of a Nissan Murano traveling east on Old Boynton Road, and Hart, a passenger in the Murano, was taken to Delray Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.
Fiery overnight crashes have also struck other Palm Beach County roadways in recent weeks. In mid-August, a driver was killed and two others suffered minor injuries after a Honda Civic crossed a median at high speed on Jog Road near Lantana Road, striking a Toyota Sienna before hitting a chain-link fence and becoming fully engulfed in flames, cbs12.com reported.
A similar crash near Greenacres, at Jog Road and Vilma Lane close to Florida's Turnpike, left one man dead and two women with minor injuries after a Honda struck a fence and became fully engulfed, according to wpbf.com. The station later identified the driver who died as Kaliba Ibrahim Bobb of Greenacres. A separate Boynton Beach crash at State Road 7 and Boynton Beach Boulevard, involving a Chevy and a Honda CRV, left a 29-year-old man dead five days after the collision, per wesetthestandards.com; that crash flipped the Honda upside down after the Chevy struck its right side.
No additional information about the cause of the overnight crash near Lawrence Road and Old Boynton Road, or the identities and conditions of those involved, had been released as investigators continued their work. Hoodline will update this story as more details become available.
