Three Die In Fiery Crash On I-10; FHP Seeks Identities

June 16, 2013

Three people died in a fiery head-on collision early Sunday morning in Santa Rosa County.

Callers reported a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-10  prior to the crash.. The vehicles collided head-on at the 36 mile marker, and both vehicles burst into flames. The vehicles were fully engulfed before first responders arrived on scene.

The first vehicle was an unknown year Jeep Wrangler in which the driver died. The second vehicle was an unknown year Jeep Cherokee in which the driver and passenger died.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact Cpl. Brian Davis at (850) 484-5000 ext. 306.

Comments

7 Responses to “Three Die In Fiery Crash On I-10; FHP Seeks Identities”

  1. molino jim on June 17th, 2013 4:54 pm

    No need for a rear end crash to have a fire. The crash was head on. If both vehicles were traveling at 65-70 mph the crash would have been the same as hitting a solid object at over a 100 mph. While it’s true Jeep does not want to do a recall it should not have a bearing on this wreck. It does happen that people get on to the interstates and go the wrong way. Some times due to driver confusion or alcohol/drugs is the reason. If the driver is lucky he gets stopped before having a wreck.

  2. Resident on June 17th, 2013 12:10 pm

    >>How could a head on collision occur on I10W ?

    Read the article again, slower.

    “Callers reported a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-10 prior to the crash”

  3. melodies4us on June 17th, 2013 12:08 pm

    How could a head on collision occur on I10W ?

  4. Jae on June 17th, 2013 8:43 am

    The news articles I have seen were saying they catch fire on rear impact due to the gas tank…but in the past month I have seen several wrecks involving Jeeps that were not rear impacts, that still caught fire…SCARY…:(

  5. Kay on June 17th, 2013 8:22 am

    I saw a special in Orlando last week on CNN , where the Jeep Cherokee’s were catching fire on impact. They are trying to get Jeep to do a recall , but Jeep said they will not. I can’t remember how many have exploded on impact , but many people have died because of it. This could be why they exploded. Maybe a recall is warranted.

  6. Dolores on June 17th, 2013 7:14 am

    What would cause such a fire…..
    Maybe one of both had a can on gas….

  7. avalon on June 16th, 2013 7:00 pm

    Absolutely terrible. Prayer for the families devastated bythis.