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One trauma-alerted to hospital after accident within Turkey Creek

Staff report

ALACHUA, Fla. – A 16-year-old boy was trauma-alerted to the hospital after hitting a tree in Turkey Creek this afternoon.

Alachua Police Department officers responded to the 6500 block of NW 105th Avenue just before 4 p.m. today and found a truck that had collided with a tree. 

The truck had two occupants, a 16-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger. The investigation found that the vehicle was exceeding the speed limit on NW 105th Ave when it attempted to negotiate a curve, lost control, ran off the roadway, and struck a tree head-on.

Both occupants of the vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries, but the male driver was trauma-alerted to the hospital due to striking his head on the windshield and a possible broken femur as a result of not wearing a seatbelt.

    • his parents will be pretty unhappy likely with the increase in their auto insurance.

  • Hopefully that windshield knocked some sense into him.
    Just in case, seatbelts save lives, use them…and tell your passengers to do the same. May not get a second chance if there’s a next time.

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