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CRASH IN POMPANO LEAVES A MAN DEAD
- PIO Number:
- 23-2-12
- BSO Case Number:
- 11-2302-001645
- Date:
- Feb. 5, 2023
- Time:
- 12:24 p.m.
- Jurisdiction:
- Pompano Beach
- Place of Occurrence:
- Intersection of Northeast Seventh Place and North Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach
- Pedestrian
- Alberto Capone, 76, 6/24/1946, male, 301 N. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach (DECEASED)
- Driver:
- Charleen R. Williams, 76, female, Pompano Beach
- Description of Incident:
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating a vehicle versus pedestrian crash that left a man dead in Pompano Beach.
According to investigators, at approximately 12:24 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, Charleen R. Williams was driving a 2021 GMC Acadia traveling westbound on Northeast Seventh Place and stopped at the stop sign at North Riverside Drive. The pedestrian, Alberto Capone, was walking along the east side of the roadway on North Riverside Drive when Williams made a right turn onto North Riverside Drive and struck the pedestrian.
BSO district deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded. The driver remained on scene and cooperated with investigators. Paramedics transported the pedestrian to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was later pronounced deceased.
The investigation is ongoing.
INVESTIGATORS:
Dets. B. Armstrong, S. Williams, THI
Det. S. Portoro, THI
Sgt. R. Hager, THI
Pompano Beach; PBFR
THIS REPORT BY:
Claudinne Caro/PIO
2/7/23 1100
