Palm Beach County, FL (September 14, 2019) - Two men died when in a single-car crash on the Florida Turnpike on Friday, September 13th. Authorities report that the crash happened around 3:35 a.m. near the exit for Okeechobee Boulevard.
The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the crash scene. Troopers say that 21-year-old Kynlan Smith and 22-year-old Darrian Abney were the victims of the fatal crash. Smith was driving a 2016 Honda Accord that was headed northbound when it ran off the road and onto a grassy shoulder. The vehicle continued on, striking a support beam at the exit ramp before striking a concrete overpass beam.
Both Smith and Abney died at the scene. There is no word on what caused the crash to occur and police are still investigating at this time.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the family members who lost their loved ones in this fatal crash in Palm Beach County.
Car accidents take place in the blink of an eye. A single instance of driver error can have catastrophic and irreversible consequences. Fatal crashes take place each day in Florida. There is nothing more heartbreaking than the loss of a loved one in a fatal accident. Police will continue to investigate this tragic crash in an effort to determine what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway.
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