FREEPORT — A two-vehicle wreck early Thursday at the intersection of Black Creek Boulevard and State Road 20 left one dead and two others with serious injuries.
Joshua Spenser Parker of Freeport was killed at midnight after he drove his 2004 Kia Spectra into the path of another vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The 19-year-old had approached a stop sign on Black Creek Boulevard heading northbound and proceeded to turn left into the path of a 2006 Hyundai Sonata traveling eastbound.
Lynn Haven resident John Thomas Rice hit Parker's vehicle on the front left side causing both vehicles to travel in a northeasterly direction. The impact seriously injured 30-year-old Rice and left his passenger, 60-year-old Ann T. Everett also of Lynn Haven, in critical condition.
Rice was taken to Bay Medical Center in Panama City. Everett was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
After the impact, Parker's vehicle left the paved roadway crossing onto the north shoulder. The vehicle then overturned onto its roof coming to a final rest facing a northwest.
It is not known if alcohol was a factor with either driver. All three involved were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
Parker's vehicle sustained an estimated $6,000 in damages and Rice's vehicle sustained an estimated $10,000 in damages.
Charges are pending an investigation, according to FHP.
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