North Port, FL (November 15, 2018) - A head-on crash in North Port claimed the lives of two victims earlier this week. Police have now identified the victims of that crash which occurred on Monday, November 12th.
Officers say that 57-year-old Kimberly Anne Sobczak collided head-on with a vehicle driven by 56-year-old John Thole. The crash happened Monday evening on South River Road near E. River Road. Both Sobczak and Thole died at the scene.
Police are still trying to determine what caused the head-on collision and at this time have not determined fault for the crash. An investigation remains ongoing.
Fatalities in Florida car accidents take place approximately every three hours. Our state experiences over 250,000 injury accidents each year. The causes for these accidents vary but typically are caused by some form of driver error, also known as negligence.
In this accident, the police will continue to investigate to determine which driver failed to maintain their lane, thus causing the head-on crash. A variety of factors, including distraction and impairment will also be considered as officers put the sequence of events together. Our thoughts go out to the families of both people who died in this horrific crash in North Port.
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