PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – An officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and a 41-year-old Palatka woman suffered serious injuries in a two-car wreck at the intersection of State Road 207 and County Road 207A in Putnam County.
According to the police report, Michele Egeland was driving with her two children, ages 9 and 7, in a Plymouth Neon. Egeland was exiting CR 207A and pulled eastward across SR 207 in front of officer Christopher Acosta, 51, who was driving in an unmarked Chevy Tahoe.
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According to the report, Acosta swerved to avoid a t-bone and the front right side of the Tahoe struck the front left side of the Neon. Egeland's car spun toward the southbound shoulder, and the Tahoe slid to a stop after careening off the road south of the intersection.
Both southbound lanes were closes for more than an hour.
Egeland was cited for failing to yield at a stop intersection and driving on a suspended license. The children were not injured.