BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Sunday at around 6:39 a.m., Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) units responded to the 33000 block of State Road 80 in Belle Glade for a reported vehicle accident with fire.
Upon arrival, crews did not observe any flames coming from the vehicles. They noted heavy damage had occurred to both vehicles.
According to the crash report, a vehicle was improperly traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Southern Boulevard when the collision occurred.
The second vehicle was headed westbound in the correct lanes when the wrong-way driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic, striking the front of the westbound vehicle. Both vehicles rotated before coming to a stop.
The wrong-way driver, identified as 24-year-old Lon'quinten McFadden, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other driver was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center with critical injuries.
