PORT ST. LUCIE — A motorcycle rider was flown to a provisional
trauma center early Monday after a crash at Southwest Alcantarra and
Southwest Port St. Lucie boulevards, a St. Lucie County Fire District
spokeswoman said.

Fire district crews responded at 2:08 a.m., and found the motorcycle
rider, a man in his early 40s, on the ground near the motorcycle, Fire
District spokeswoman Catherine Chaney said. (more…)

FORT PIERCE — A trauma surgeon and nurse on their way to work at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute on Saturday became first responders at an accident scene.

Dr. Alex Funicello, who was returning from a Hutchinson Island condo to finish rounds at Lawnwood, found the base of South Bridge blocked with police cars and accident tape.

Raymond Chew, 47, lay in the intersection of Seaway and Indian River drives, his motorcycle nearby and his helmet loose but still on. No emergency medical crews had arrived when Funicello arrived.

So, the trauma surgeon went to work, assessing the patient.
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A Hobe Sound man died after apparently losing control of his motorcycle shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday.

Charles E. Thompson, 42, was killed in the accident that occurred on Southeast Seabranch Boulevard, about two miles west of U.S. 1, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release, TCPalm.com reported.

Thompson was driving his 1986 Honda east on Southeast Seabranch Boulevard when he reportedly lost control of the motorcycle, struck a curb and traveled onto the grass median. The motorcycle then struck a large tree and Thompson was thrown off, hitting a tree, according to the report.