One Airlifted After Highway 97 Rear End Crash

November 14, 2024

One person was airlifted to the hospital after a crash Thursday morning in Walnut Hill.

The adult female driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe rear-ended a Ford pickup truck and utility trailer on Highway 97 north of the Walnut Hill Community Center. The northbound pickup driver was reportedly stopped for a school bus that was waiting to turn left onto Wiggins Lake Road. The pickup driver attempted to pull out of the way, but was rear-ended.

The Santa Fe driver was airlifted by MedStar Air Care helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life threatening. The pickup truck driver was not injured.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.

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7 Responses to “One Airlifted After Highway 97 Rear End Crash”

  1. Kathy B on November 16th, 2024 9:49 am

    Always something on hwy 97 glad no one was killed but we all have to put those devices down…

  2. cchgn on November 15th, 2024 12:47 am

    Dear “wasn’t aware”, he’s speculating about what happened, due to the fact that she simply slammed into the back of another vehicle, and had to be airlifted.

    BTW, what do YOU think she was doing? Why didn’t she stop in time?

    Allow me to speculate as well. See,this is why I won’y ride with anyone who hasn’t been in a wreck before: They have NO idea how fast a wreck can happen, and how devastating a wreck is. AND,they don’t;do what those of us who HAVE been ( I was a passenger in a head n collision and went though the windshield and had my thumb torn off) : The don’t expect, nor have a plan for any contingencies on that road. And, there are a BUNCH of places where there can suddenly be a stalled car or someone backing out of their driveway, or someone on a bike or walking.

    A couple of months ago a man was in the middle of the road, trying to stop people, to get a ride or carjack or something. BY the time we went slowly by ( head stopped traffic) he spoke to me.He said,”Don’t worry,I won’t spit on you.Hey, are you a cop?”

    Anyway, when I drive 97, I’m always expecting, going over ALL those hills, with those signs,”Hill blocks view”, that SOMETHING could possibly be in the road,, over that hill, even if it’s a dog, or deer. SO, I slow down, and am prepared to do a hard stop, or take the ditch.

    Folks who have NOT been in a wreck don’t know the dangers, They just barrel down the road, many at 65MPH, , not even thinking that something possibly could be stopped or in the road, over that next hill.

  3. Molino resident on November 14th, 2024 9:46 pm

    I agree with Bill T.
    When you rear end someone, you are not paying attention

  4. Eric M on November 14th, 2024 9:12 pm

    “Wasnt aware you were with her to know if she was paying attention or not” … Sir or Ma’am, obviously they were not paying attention to him someone from behind at presumably full speed. If it was some type of Mechanical failure, I’d asse they would try to swerve out of the way – kind of like how the victim could see he was going to get hit so he tried to move out of her way.

  5. Bonnie on November 14th, 2024 8:39 pm

    @Bill. @Bill…you said she was paying attention….

  6. @billt on November 14th, 2024 5:17 pm

    Wasnt aware you were with her to know if she was paying attention or not

  7. Bill T on November 14th, 2024 5:03 pm

    Glad no one was killed. Unfortunately the driver of the Hyundai was paying attention and hit the truck at a good speed. Ya never know it could have been a cell phone or something either way someone was not paying attention to the road





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