Fatal accident kills Sebastian man on 58th Avenue

March 28, 2021 Andy Hodges Traffic

On Saturday, at approximately 3:35 p.m., a 41-year-old Sebastian man died in an accident on 58th Avenue.

The fatal crash closed several blocks of 58th Avenue, according to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.

The Florida Highway Patrol told Sebastian Daily that a vehicle being driven by a 74-year-old Port St. Lucie woman failed to stop from 49th Street as she was entering 58th Avenue.

A vehicle driven by a 41-year-old Sebastian man was unable to stop, and the two vehicles collided. He was pronounced deceased on the scene. No further information about the identity of the driver has been released yet.

The FHP says the crash is still a pending investigation.

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About Andy Hodges

Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in Jupiter, Florida. He has been a radio and TV personality since the mid-1980s. He has worked for WFLX-TV (Fox 29), WIRK, WLIZ, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and others. In 1994, Andy took a break from broadcasting and was a software and systems engineer for various companies in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002, he moved back to Florida and settled in Sebastian, where Andy's family has lived for over 45 years. He returned to the broadcasting sector in 2005. Andy joined Sebastian Daily as our editor-in-chief in 2016.