STUART — A Stuart motorist who sideswiped a vehicle in traffic was arrested with a blood alcohol level of 0.402, five times higher than the legal limit, on Monday at 5:50 p.m., police said.

Terrance Jay Larsen, 50, of 4645 S.E. Circle Way, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, DUI with property damage and fleeing a law enforcement officer, according to Stuart Police Sgt. Martin J. Jacobson.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — Police are searching for two men involved in a road rage incident and robbery last week.

A motorist said he was traveling westbound on Southeast Tiffany Avenue behind a white Ford F-150 with an extended cab about 7:40 p.m. Thursday, Port St. Lucie police said. The pickup was driving less than 15 miles an hour, which prompted the motorist to flash his lights at it, according to the incident report. The pickup also wouldn’t allow the motorist to pass, he told police.

When they reached the stoplight at Southeast Lennard Road, two men stepped out of the pickup and confronted the other motorist, police said. The men pulled the motorist out of his vehicle, punched him repeatedly and stole his wallet, police said.
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FORT PIERCE — A 26-year-old Coral Springs man died and a baby was in critical condition following a Tuesday night crash on Interstate 95 that also injured three others, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Northbound I-95 traffic was diverted onto Okeechobee Road for about 4 1/2 hours following the 10:21 p.m. crash, which happened in the area of Okeechobee Road.

Chad Joseph Demarco, who died in the incident, was driving a 2009 Nissan Murano north with three passengers, including Braniah Brown, almost 8 months, of Deerfield Beach. Demarco, “(f)or reasons yet to be determined,” stopped in the center lane and activated the hazard lights, an FHP release states.
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HOBE SOUND — A 31-year-old man on a bicycle has died after being struck by a Chevrolet Astro as he tried to cross the northbound lanes of U.S. 1, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Sebastian Lopez Vazquez of Hobe Sound was riding a bicycle at 5:55 p.m. Friday west on U.S. 1 just north of Southeast Bridge Road.

Vazquez didn’t see the northbound 1998 Chevrolet Astro approaching and rode into the Astro’s path, troopers said.

The driver of the Astro, 38-year-old Juan Diego Pascual, tried to avoid a collision but the Astro struck the bicycle, a report stated.

Vazquez was taken to Martin Memorial Hospital South where he was pronounced dead.

Pascual and two other people in his vehicle, ages 7 and 16, weren’t injured.

FORT PIERCE — A local man was arrested after fleeing a deputy and bailing out of a Buick in which about 50 rocks of crack cocaine were found, according to an affidavit released Wednesday.

Eliezer Geneus, 22, faces charges including cocaine possession with intent to sell, driving while license suspended habitual offender and obstruction without violence following the Tuesday incident. (more…)

JENSEN BEACH — A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a car about 6:15 a.m. Thursday at Dixie Highway and Northeast Roberta Street, shutting down Dixie Highway at that location, officials said.

The woman was dead at the scene, officials said.

The accident happened in front of Langford Park in the area of Jensen Heights. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, a husband and wife were taking a walk when the wife was struck by a car heading north on Dixie.

The woman appeared to have walked out in front of gold, four-door Ford driven by a man, troopers said. She ended up about 45 feet from the point of contact.

The car and driver were on the scene. The driver was too distraught to talk.

The area that was closed was roughly from Jensen Beach Bowl to the Stuart Welcome Arch. Dixie Highway reopened about 8:55 a.m.

FHP troopers were called to the scene at 6:33 a.m. and arrived at 6:56 a.m. Martin County Sheriff’s deputies were also at the scene.

STUART — A Palm City man, who was driving without a license when he was involved in a fatal traffic accident in 2000, was arrested Saturday morning for driving on a suspended license.

Charles E. McComas, 24, was stopped on the west side of the Palm City Bridge about 10 a.m. Saturday, after a Martin County deputy’s radar registered his vehicle travelling at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone. (more…)

A 41-year-old bicyclist died after riding into the path of a 2005 Nissan Tuesday night, according to a crash report released Wednesday.

Abel Fierros Hernandez, of the 300 block of North 12th Street, was riding a bicycle about 8 p.m. Tuesday as Veronica Keith Darrisaw, 36, drove the Nissan east on Orange Avenue approaching South 22nd Street.

A witness said Hernandez came off a sidewalk and rode into the path of Darrisaw’s vehicle. The witness said she also had to swerve to avoid Hernandez, who looked as if he had difficulties “steadying himself.” Hernandez’s bicycle didn’t have lights.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — Police investigators have been out early this morning at the intersection where a hit-and-run driver struck a 14-year-old boy Monday morning near his bus stop.

The investigators have been asking other students if they saw anything that could locate the driver of the vehicle.

The incident sent the boy to St. Mary’s Medical Center with a fractured pelvis, bruised spleen and punctured lung, though he is expected to make a full recovery, officials said.
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