Matilda Nunez

Matilda Nunez, 60, was leaving the Wash-N-Go car wash on Port St. Lucie Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon when she hit a bicyclist crossing the driveway, police said.

The 16-year-old bicyclist was carrying a passenger and both were throw from the bike. The bicyclist landed partly in front of the car before dragging himself to a grassy shoulder, police said.

Witnesses told police the woman was talking on her cell phone when the crash happened.
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PORT ST. LUCIE – A man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a motorcycle crash late Sunday night.

St. Lucie County Fire District crews responded to the crash on U.S. 1 just south of Port St. Lucie Boulevard shortly before 10:15 p.m., district spokeswoman Catherine Chaney said this morning.

The motorcyclist was a man described to be in his 60s or 70s, and he was wearing a helmet. No other vehicles or people were involved, Chaney said.

The man was taken to a local trauma center in critical condition.

PORT ST. LUCIE — A toddler was flown to a trauma center in critical condition after he was hit by a vehicle last night.

St. Lucie County Fire District crews got the call short after 7 p.m. The boy, about 3 or 4 years old, was hit on McIntosh Street near Port St. Lucie Boulevard and Paar Drive, district spokeswoman Catherine Chaney said.

The boy was riding a scooter in the street in front of his house when he was hit, Chaney said.

He was flown to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach in critical condition.

Police sketch of suspect.

The 15-year-old girl told police she was at the stop off Port St. Lucie Boulevard on Thursday morning when a man in a vehicle pulled over next to her and performed a sex act.

The girl quickly turned around and the car drove south on Port St. Lucie, she told police.

The girl said the man had done a similar thing the week before, also at the bus stop.

The girl said the man was driving a white, four-door vehicle, possibly a Mercury or Chrysler, with untinted windows.

The driver was a white man with shoulder-length black, messy hair, the girl told police. He also had a patch of hair on his chin, she said, and looked to be in his 20s.