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Four Die In Martin County Wrong-Way Car Crash

Posted on May 29, 2012

Two adults and two children are dead after an early morning car crash involving a wrong-way driver.

The Palm City accident occurred at about 2:19 a.m. on Sunday, May 13 on I-95 just north of southwest Martin Highway near mile marker 110. Forty-one-year-old Carolyn Ramos of Port St. Lucie was driving south in a northbound lane of I-95 when she crashed her Jeep into a 1982 Chevy Silverado pick-up truck driven by Demetrius Suggs, 28, of Chattanooga. Suggs had three passengers: his wife, Porscha Suggs, and two children, 7-year-old Mercedes Davis and 9-year-old Raineisha Powell. All four were in the front seat.

After the crash, both vehicles burst into flame. Ramos was rescued by three witnesses and airlifted to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute in critical condition. She is now in stable condition. All four occupants of the pick-up truck were pinned inside the truck and died at the scene. A medical examiner is trying to determine if the victims died before the fire.

The cause of the accident is under investigation. Police officers do not know why Ramos was driving the wrong way or how long she’d been travelling in the wrong lane, but suspect that alcohol and/or drugs were a contributing factor. At this time, charges have not been filed.

When reckless driving behavior leads to fatal car accidents, the families of the victims have the right to pursue damages through a Florida wrongful death lawsuit. To learn more, contact a Palm City auto accident injury attorney.