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Three Dead As Hurricane Irma Batters Florida – Sheriffs

Three people in Florida, including a sheriff’s deputy, have been killed in car crashes as Hurricane Irma closed in with high winds and lashing rain, … Continue reading Three Dead As Hurricane Irma Batters Florida – Sheriffs


Three Dead As Hurricane Irma Batters Florida – Sheriffs
Homeowners move the steps to their permanent camper trailer home only feet from the water in the north Florida community of Spring Creek prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma September 10, 2017. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moves up the coast. Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images/AFP MARK WALLHEISER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Three Dead As Hurricane Irma Batters Florida – Sheriffs
Homeowners move the steps to their permanent camper trailer home only feet from the water in the north Florida community of Spring Creek prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma September 10, 2017. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moves up the coast. Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images/AFP MARK WALLHEISER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

Three people in Florida, including a sheriff’s deputy, have been killed in car crashes as Hurricane Irma closed in with high winds and lashing rain, officials said Sunday.

Deputy Julie Bridges, 42, died in a head-on collision in Hardee County, east of Sarasota, early Sunday, Sheriff Arnold Lanier told AFP.

“She had been working in a shelter all night, and ran home to get some supplies,” when the crash occurred at 6:45 am (1045 GMT), he said.

The other driver, a corrections officer, was also killed, Lanier said.

The third fatality was a man who died Saturday near Key West when his truck slammed into a tree, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The truck was carrying a generator, ABC News reported.

AFP