The Florida Highway Patrol reports that an early Thursday morning accident has left an 18-year-old with fatal injuries.<\/p>\n
According to their report, a truck driven by Isaac Henry Baker (pictured)<\/strong>, 24, was traveling on Dale Mabry near Stall Road.<\/p>\n Troopers said Baker<\/strong> failed to maintain control of his vehicle, swerved to the left, and struck the curb\/center grass median area.<\/p>\n When the truck collided with the median, it overturned into the southbound lanes. Troopers said the teenager and 20-year-old Benjamin Fowler<\/strong> were riding in the rear bed of the truck and were ejected onto the road as the truck overturned. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Fowler<\/strong> was reported to be unresponsive when he was transported to St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital, and was last reported to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n After the initial crash, troopers said a second vehicle, driven by Joyce Baker<\/strong>, 58, was traveling south on Dale Mabry and struck the 18-year-old who was lying in the center lane.<\/p>\n Three other passengers in the truck, Rose Torres<\/strong>, 35, Elijah Bates<\/strong>, 22, and Allen Pitts<\/strong>, 22, are reported to be in serious condition.<\/p>\n Cary Glenn Davis<\/strong>, 35, also a passenger in the truck, received minor injuries and was not hospitalized.<\/p>\n FHP spokesperson, Sgt. Steve Gaskins<\/strong>, said they have learned that everyone in the truck had been at the Hard Rock Casino, and were being dropped off by Baker<\/strong>. He also said it appears alcohol may have been a factor in the accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Florida Highway Patrol reports that an early Thursday morning accident has left an 18-year-old with fatal injuries. According to their report, a truck driven by Isaac Henry Baker (pictured), 24, was traveling on Dale Mabry near Stall Road. Troopers said Baker failed to maintain control of his vehicle, swerved to the left, and struck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}