A 20-year-old woman has died following a two-vehicle crash involving a college women's rowing team in Vero Beach, according to police.
Officers responded to the scene at the Merril P.
Barber Bridge and Indian River Boulevard around 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
HEARTBREAKING CRASH IN VEROBEACH.
IT INVOLVED A VANCARRYING MEMBERS OF THECOLLEGE OF HOLY CROSS WOMEN'SROWING TEAM..
OUT OFMASSACHUSETTS.THE CRASH SHUTTING DOWNTRAFFIC THIS MORNING AT THEBARBER BRIDGE AND INDIAN RIVERBOULEVARD IN VERO BEACH.TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MOREABOUT THE 20-YEAR-OLD WHODIED.
SHE WAS A WORLD- RECORDSETTING ROWER.
WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5'S MICHELLEQUESADA TAKES YOU THROUGH HOWTHIS ALL HAPPENED.<< PKG: IT WAS A HORRIFYINGSCENE TO LOOK ATTHAT LEFT A VAN CARRYING ATEAM OF WOMEN ROWERS FROMMASSACHUSETTS WAS CRUSHED &THE PICK UP TRUCK INVOLVEDALSO SMASHED IN AT THEINTERSECTION OF BARBER BRIDGEAND INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD INVERO BEACH.
12:56:07 THE FRONTRIGHT PASSENGER OF THE VAN ISTHE DECEASED AND FROM MYKNOWLEDGE SHE TURNED 20 YEARSOF AGE YESTERDAY KILLED ONIMPACTRETT - A WORLD-RECORD SETTINGROWER FROM THE COLLEGE OF THEHOLY CROSS WOMENGROUP IN TOWN IN VERO BEACHFOR WINTER TRAININGHEADING TO A PRACTICE WHEN THEDEADLY COLLISION HAPPENED.
12OTHERS WERE HURT.
VERO BEACHPOLICE CHIEF DAVID CURREY SAIDA WITNESS SAW THE VAN TURN INFRONT OF THE A PICK UP TRUCK.12:54:41 THERE WAS ANINDIVIDUAL AT THE BARBERBRIDGE FOOT OF THE BARBERBRIDGE AND INDIAN RIVER BLVDFACING WEST - AT THE LIGHTTHEY HAD A RED LIGHT.
THENORTHBOUND HAD TRAFFIC FLOWWAS FLOWING NORTHBOUND AND THEVAN WAS SOUTHBOUND AND TURNEDIN FRONT OF THE NORTHBOUNDTRAFFIC.
RETT - A SOPHOMOREWAS SITTING IN THE FRONT RIGHTPASSENGER SEAT.
POLICE SAYSEVERAL WOMEN HAD TO BE PULLEDFROM THE VAN AND TAKEN ASTRAUMA PATIENTS TO LAWNWOODREGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
SOTFROM CHIEF TAG: WE KNOW FOURVICTIMS TAKEN TO CLEVELANDCLINIC WITH LESS SERIOUSINJURIES HAVE BEEN RELEASED&WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUUPDATED ON THIS DEVASTATINGCRASH& IN FORT PIERCE - MQWPTV NC 5.