A car hits a tree on the Overseas Highway, killing an 80-year-old Key West passenger
An 80-year-old woman from Key West died Monday after the car in which she was a passenger hit a tree along U.S. 1 in Islamorada.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. on southbound U.S. 1 at mile marker 86 on Plantation Key, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The car, an 2010 Audi A4 driven by Diogo Jesus Lopez, 17, of Key West, traveled onto the shoulder, hitting a guardrail, then smashed into a tree, according to the FHP.
Lopez’s passenger, Vidalina Ysabel Herrera-Sosa, died at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier. Lopez was treated for minor injuries. Another passenger, Euridices Sarmiento, 42, was not injured, according to the FHP.
The crash is under investigation.
This story was originally published November 12, 2019 at 11:16 AM.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald