Two men die from injuries in accident

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 9, 2000

PINELLAS PARK -- Two men died and a third was critically injured Wednesday night in a four-car wreck on U.S. 19.

Steve Myrick, 52, of 4000 Fourth Ave. S., St. Petersburg, died after the 1990 Volkswagen Fox in which he was a passenger was hit by two vehicles, said Pinellas Park police Sgt. Sandy Forseth.

A fellow passenger who police had not identified also died. The driver, John Brogan, 32, of the same address as Myrick, was in critical condition Thursday at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Forseth said.

The chain of events began, Forseth said, when a Ford Crown Victoria driven by Kenneth Krupp, 50, of Clearwater, attempted to cross U.S. 19 at 116th Avenue and was hit broadside. Krupp and his passenger, Jeanette Krupp, 50, were taken to Bayfront Medical Center. Both were in fair condition Thursday.

The Krupps' car was hit by a commercial Isuzu truck driven by Curtis Kelsey, 21, of Indian Rocks Beach. The Ford and Isuzu then spun into the oncoming lanes of U.S. 19 and hit the Volkswagen and a Cadillac driven by Helen Kelliher, 65, of St. Petersburg, who appeared to have escaped the accident uninjured, Forseth said. Kelsey sustained minor injuries, police said.

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