An 86-year-old woman died Thursday after she pulled into the path of an SUV at a Port St. Lucie intersection and was struck. The crash happened at about 2:30 p.m. at Southwest Savona Boulevard and Southwest Lawndale Avenue.
Marie R. Martin was driving a 2006 Hyundai Elantra west on Lawndale Avenue when she entered the intersection from near a stop sign and failed to yield to a northbound 2026 Honda HR-V.
The Honda, driven by a 17-year-old boy, struck the drivers side of Martins car.
Body-camera video recorded after the crash shows the Hyundai off the roadway near a cluster of palm trees, with visible damage to its drivers side and emergency crews working around the vehicle. The Honda also came to rest on the grass nearby, close to vegetation and a roadside sign.
Martin had to be extricated from the Hyundai before she was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital with critical injuries. She later died despite efforts to save her. The teenage driver of the Honda was not injured.
The Port St. Lucie Police Departments Traffic Homicide Unit continues to investigate the crash. Debris and emergency equipment were scattered across the grass between the two vehicles.