Florida Keys

Scooter rider airlifted after crash in Key West

A tourist was airlifted to a Miami hospital in critical condition after a crash Tuesday afternoon in Key West on the island’s main thoroughfare.

Ann L. Veum, 50, of Madison, Wisconsin, was riding a scooter near the 24 North Hotel, 3820 N. Roosevelt Blvd., at about 1:30 p.m. when the scooter collided with a silver Honda SUV, according to Key West police spokeswoman Alyson Crean.

The two outbound lanes of the boulevard were closed after the crash while police investigated.

Veum was taken by helicopter to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Gwen Filosa
Miami Herald
Gwen Filosa covers Key West and the Lower Florida Keys for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald and lives in Key West. She was part of the staff at the New Orleans Times-Picayune that in 2005 won two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from Indiana University.
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