5 Injured In Palm Bay Multiple-Vehicle Crash
PALM BAY, Florida -- Five people were hospitalized Thursday
afternoon following a three-vehicle crash on Babcock Street near Fallon
Boulevard in Palm Bay, Florida.
When Palm Bay patrol officers and fire-rescue personnel arrived on scene,
they located and treated the victims - two of which were ejected from one of the vehicles.
Palm Bay City spokesperson Yvonne Martinez said in a release that the crash
investigation revealed the driver of a maroon-colored Ford F-150, occupied by 27-year-old Kristopher
Moffitt and 26-year-old Mallory Friends, lost control in the area of Omega Street while the truck was traveling southbound on Babcock Street. The
truck veered off to the right and the driver appeared
to over-correct and ended up crossing the median into oncoming traffic
in the northbound lanes.
Investigators have not yet determined who was driving the F-150.
The truck hit a northbound Dodge Neon in the
left rear and then hit a Chevy Silverado head-on. The driver of the Silverado, 61-year-old Donald Leinthall, had to be extricated from the vehicle. He was hospitalized
with serious, non-life threatening injuries. His brother, 57-year-old William
Leinthall, was in the vehicle with him
and also suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries.
Moffitt is listed in critical condition at the hospital. Friends is
hospitalized with serious, non-life threatening injuries.