1 dead after Osceola County deputy fails to stop at red light, troopers say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Hide Transcript Show Transcript

WEBVTT AND BOB, YOU SPOKE TO PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH. WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? REPORTER: THEY DID NOT SEE THIS COMING. THEY WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THEY GOT HIT. WE WERE TALKING TO THE SHERIFF. HE SAID THEY TURNED OVER THE SO-CALLED BLACK BOX FROM THE DEPUTY’S CRUISER TO HELP WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. HE ALSO TOLD US HE WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE FAMILIES OF BOTH THE DEPUTY AND THE MAN THAT WAS KILLED IN THIS CRASH. >> OUR HEARTS MOURN FOR THE FAMILY, DUE TO THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT. I AM CERTAINLY GOING TO BE KEEPING THE FAMILY IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. REPORTER: ONE THING THE SHERIFF COULD NOT SAY YET WAS WHY THIS DEADLY CRASH HAPPENED. THIS BLACK PICKUP TRUCK ROLLED OFF THE ROAD, INTO A POLE. ITS DRIVER, KILLED, IN THIS CRASH INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS CAUSED BY AN OSCEOLA COUNTY DEPUTY, IN THIS NOW MANGLED CRUISER. TRACY WILSON AND HER FAMILY FROM SCOTLAND WERE HEADING TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM WITH THEIR FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHEN THE RENTAL VAN WAS HIT IN THIS CHAIN REACTION CRASH. >> WE DROVE DOWN, CAME TO THE INTERSECTION, STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT. NEXT THING, SOMEONE CAME INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR. REPORTER: HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE VEHICLES, WERE STOPPED AT THE REDLIGHT ON 192. FOR REASONS TROOPERS CAN’T EXPLAIN YET, THEY SAY THE DEPUTY, IDENTIFIED AS GLORIA BOCCIO, DID NOT STOP, SMASHED INTO THE BACK OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE WITH THE TWO CARS IN FRONT. >> I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE BACK AND THEN I SEE THIS CAR MOVING TOWARD ME. REPORTER: THE PICKUP DRIVER WAS BADLY HURT. A MEDICAL HELICOPTER LANDED ON THE ROAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT WE ARE TOLD HE DIED. WILSON AND HER FAMILY SAY IT WAS A SCARY START TO THEIR HOLIDAY, BUT THEY ARE GLAD THEY ARE NOT INJURED. >> THANKFULLY, NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. REPORTER: THE VICTIM WHO DIED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 34-YEAR-OLD ROBERT JOHNSON OF CLAREMONT. THE DEPUTY INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Submit Privacy Notice