Crime & Safety

Passenger Dead After Gulf to Bay Accident

The passenger in a car involved in a three car crash on Gulf to Bay Boulevard and Hercules Avenue has died, according to Clearwater Police.

The passenger in a car involved in a three-car crash on Gulf to Bay Boulevard and Hercules Avenue has died, according to Clearwater Police.

Edwardo Garcia Caraballo, 66, the passenger in the Saturn that turned into the path of a Chevy Lumina near the intersection died Tuesday afternoon, Rob Shaw, police spokesman, said in a release.

The driver, Lidia M. Garcia, 60, still is in critical condition. 

Both were taken by separate Bayflite helicopters to hospitals after the accident closed much of the busy road around 9 a.m.

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