Driver makes wrong turn, dies in collision

By Times Staff Writer
Published February 5, 2008

Tampa

A 25-year-old woman was killed late Sunday after a turn into the wrong lane resulted in a head-on crash, Florida Highway Patrol officials said.

Authorities said Amber R. Logan was headed north on Falkenburg Road in a 1996 Honda Civic when she tried to turn west onto Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Instead, an FHP report shows Logan turned into the eastbound lanes and into the path of an oncoming 2007 Ford Focus driven by Nicolle Moyer, 18, of Brandon.

Neither driver hit their brakes or tried to swerve, the report shows.

Both women were taken to Tampa General Hospital, where Logan, of 405 E Chelsea St., was later pronounced dead.

Moyer's condition was not immediately available.

Clearwater

Bollea hearing delayed until Feb. 19

Nick Bollea's pretrial hearing was moved from Wednesday to Feb. 19 at 8:30 a.m.

Bollea's attorney, Kevin Hayslett, declined to comment.

Bollea, 17, is facing a felony charge of reckless driving with serious bodily injury after he crashed his Toyota Supra into a palm tree on Court Street on Aug. 26. The crash critically injured his friend and passenger, John Graziano, 22.

Elsewhere

Too late for wetlands: Environmentalists say the recent suspension of a federal permit to fill and develop 54 acres of wetlands at Cypress Creek Town Center amounts to a half measure that comes as too little, too late. The wetlands in question have already been filled, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which suspended its permit Friday.

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