Latest Headlines
- Escambia County Set To Lease Former IP Golf Course For A Park
- Pedestrian Struck And Killed On Nine Mile Road
- Boil Water Notice Issued For Portion Of, West Roberts, Stallion Road Areas
- One Injured In Highway 29 Collision Involving Transit Bus With Seven Passengers
- Century Commits Quarter Million Dollars In Expenditures Not On Agenda During Final Minutes Of Meeting
- McDavid Woman Charged With Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Fentanyl Possession
- Ensley Street Closed At Chemstrand Road For The Next Week
- Thousands Of High School Students Attend Northwest Florida Construction Career Days
- Incumbent Robert Bender Prefiles For Escambia County Supervisor of Elections
- Tate Showband Indoor Percussion Team Places Second Championship Event
Escambia Woman Dies In Highway 98 Crash
April 16, 2014
An Escambia County woman died in a two vehicle traffic crash Wednesday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 89-year old Christene Wyatt Gileland was westbound on Highway 98 at South 61st Avenue in a 1996 Ford Escort, as a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant driven by 54-year old Anna Mare Rue was southbound on 61st Avenue and approaching Highway 98 in the left turn lane. The vehicles collided, with both coming to rest in the intersection.
Gileland was pronounced deceased following the crash, while Rue received minor injuries.
Charges are pending the completion of a traffic homicide investigation, according to FHP.
Comments