PANHANDLE NEWS 4-12-2024
Fatal shooting this morning
at home near Wewahitchka
WEWAHITCHKA, FL – The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in the 3100 block of CR 381 in Dalkeith, south of Wewahitchka. One person is deceased, and another person is injured. The incident happened during the early morning hours of April 12.
Investigators are conducting interviews and waiting for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Crime Scene Unit to arrive.
GCSO is working with the Office of the State Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit and FDLE.
Motorcyclist killed in 6 a.m.
collision in Holmes County
BONIFAY, FL – One man is dead after a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle at 6:30 a.m. today in Holmes County.
The fatality was identified as a 45-year-old man from Hartford, AL.
According to the FHP report, a pickup truck driven by a Bonifay man, 28, was southbound on SR 79 at 6 a.m. today while the motorcyclist was northbound on SR 79.
The pickup traveled into the northbound lane and collided with the motorcycle, impaling it on the front of the truck and ejecting the driver.
The truck traveled onto the east shoulder, pushing the motorcycle until coming to a final rest in a ditch. The deadly collision happened south of CR 177.
The truck driver, who was wearing his seatbelt, sustained minor injuries. The motorcyclist was wearing helmet.
FHP was assisted onscene by the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, Bonifay Police Dept. and Holmes County EMS.
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