- April 17, 2024
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Three people died in two separate crashes within about a mile of each other on northbound Interstate 95 in Flagler County the afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 26.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the first crash at 12:20 p.m. and arrived almost immediately to a crash at Mile Marker 290 in Palm Coast.
Richard Mosquera, 51, of Orlando, was driving his motor home, and his wife, Yvette, 49, was in the front passenger seat. Relatives John Mosquera, 55, and Beatriz Mosquera, 56, were in the back seat. The group was traveling north on I-95 approaching Matanzas Woods Parkway in the outside lane.
The crash took place at about 12:15 p.m. when one of the vehicle's tires blew out. Ricardo Mosquera lost control. The vehicle began to
travel toward the east shoulder of the roadway. The front right of the vehicle struck a roadway sign on the grass shoulder, continued traveling east into the wood line, striking two trees. The vehicle came to a final rest still in contact with both trees in the wood line on the east shoulder of the roadway.
Yvette Mosquera and John Mosquera were pronounced dead at the scene. Ricardo Mosquera had serious injuries and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Beatriz Mosquera was taken to AdventHealth Palm Coast with minor injuries, according to the FHP report.
Investigation is still pending.
At 2:42 p.m., FHP was dispatched to another crash on northbound I-95, this one at Mile Marker 289 near the Palm Coast Parkway exit and involving multiple vehicles, according to the FCSO.
Charles Stewart, 35, of Port Orange, was at the wheel of a 2017 Dodge Ram. He crashed into a 2014 Chevy Malibu, killing Melody Roberts, 42, of Fernandina Beach. She had been a passenger in the vehicle, which was driven by a 44-year-old man who has yet to be identified. He is in critical condition at Halifax Health.
The crash caused a chain reaction, involving a Ford Fusion driven by David Grey, 40, of Avon, North Carolina, and a 2018 Nissan driven by Luis Andres Sanchez Saez, 45, of Winter Garden, with Xavier Rosado, 36, of Orlando, as a passenger. Grey sustained minor injuries, and Sanchez and Rosado were not hurt.
FHP arrived at 2:53 p.m. and shut down northbound I-95 near Mile Marker 273 and the Volusia-Flagler County line in Ormond Beach for the crash investigation, diverting traffic onto U.S. 1. An emergency helicopter was called in for a trauma alert.
The road was closed as of 4:15 p.m., and the FCSO was advising people to avoid the area.
