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Driver Arrested After Crashing Into FHP Trooper Investigating Previous Wreck On Highway 29
August 18, 2025
An Escambia County man was jailed Sunday after rear-ending a Florida Highway Patrol trooper working a previous crash on Highway 29 on Sunday morning.
The 27-year-old male trooper had responded to a crash on Highway 29 just south of West Roberts Road around 5:15 a.m. As the trooper was completing that previous crash investigation, his cruiser was rear-ended around just over an hour later by a SUV driven by 36-year old Deondrez Dequan White.
Both the trooper and White were transported to the hospital for treatment.
White was charged with driving while license suspended as habitual offender and booked into the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $7,500. Court records show he was convicted of knowingly driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of an accident for a December 2023 crash, and was convicted with knowingly driving with a suspended license in November 2019, convicted of driving with a suspended license in March 2017, convicted of driving with a suspended license in January 2017, convicted of driving with a suspended license in November 2014, and convicted of no valid drivers license twice in 2013.
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23 Responses to “Driver Arrested After Crashing Into FHP Trooper Investigating Previous Wreck On Highway 29”
Everyone has criticized the driver of the SUV. In my opinion, he needs to go and serve lots of time for all the other offenses plus the last one.
My thoughts and prayers are, how is the FHP trooper? I have not seen anything about his condition lately. I do pray and hope that he is doing well and will be back to work soon. The trooper is very lucky to have survived this crash.
Why is it when law enforcement works their butts-off to make good cases, then court systems just slaps the officers in the face. All the times from 2013 til now & he still driving. It’s not a law to drive, It’s A Privilege. Use it wisely
Well, since he didn’t learn the first SEVEN times maybe a 35 year sentence (5 for each previous time) will get it through his head.
Criminals break laws. Our country is full of criminals.
Lock this one up for a bit !! Now let’s see what a judge in this county does to prevent this from happening with this one ever again !!! Stay Tuned !!!
Hey Safebear, Deondrez Dequan White’s driver’s record speaks volumes. So much for a medical emergency.
They need to lock him up and throw away the key before he kills somebody.
@LouLou
Florida also includes tow trucks in its Move Over law.
https://www.dmvflorida.org/florida-traffic-laws/move-over-law/
Any vehicle on the side of the road requires you to slow to 20 mph below the speed limit or move to the far lane, in Florida.
So you can add convicted in 2025 or 2026. And then right back to driving like all the other times.
@LouLou..Yes, the “Florida Move Over Law”. In a nutshell, you get out of the lane closest to the pulled over emergency vehicle and if that is not possible (say a two lane road), you slow down to 20mph under the posted speed limit.
@Safebear, If you don’t have a driver’s license, you don’t drive, regardless of the circumstances. You find an alternative.
Whatever happened to Fla.s 3 strokes and you are out
..this guy needs a long rest in a prison for years..and the bond should have been $ 20,000…this happens way too much…and he is no juvenile..
It’s obvious this person is a dangerous to society and does not know how to drive and should not be allowed to drive. The driver needs to have his license taken away for life perform 5,000 hours of community service and a minimum of 5 years of probation. The driver is reckless and has no regard to others life or safety.
@Don
Nail on the head.
@safebear
See what Don said
@LouLou
Same jn FL
The guy is a menace. He should be locked up. He’s not going to stop.
hey safebare, the medical issue is contained between his ears. that is where a brain usually resides. it would appear that this clown has none or he would have not been arrested so many times for the same thing
This guy has been convicted six times of Driving with a suspended license. Are the courts waiting for him to kill someone before they give him lengthy prison sentence?
It is the law n Alabama when emergency vehicles are one side of road slow your speed 15 milers an hour and get in other lane if safe to do so.Trooper,sheriff,EMT, Firefighters. Don’t know if it’s the law in Florida?
Hey Safebear- Habitual means more than once. MORE than TWICE!!!! What if the driver was NOT supposed to be driving AT ALL. DING DING!!!
Prayers for all involved
Witnessed this happen. Thank god no serious injuries occurred. Driver seemed like he wasn’t paying any attention. It COULD have been a medical emergency, but the driver was acting fine when they took him from the vehicle and put him on the stretcher, he was also driving PERFECTLY fine on the road before plowing into the cop. Don’t know real cause- but really seemed like the driver just wasn’t paying any attention what so ever.
Hey SFC – do you know something not stated in the article? What if the driver had a medical emergency? What would you feel like if it was your family member. Don’t be too quick to judge.
Praying for the trooper. Also Praying for the other people involved in the accidents.
This driver needs to be severely dealt with in court. This was completely avoidable. Pay attention!