Jogger killed in car crash in Palm Coast's S-section

By Observer Staff
| 5:00 a.m. December 1, 2011

The driver was distracted by passengers in the rear of his vehicle, according to the report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Josefina T. Reid, 54, was jogging at 4:20 p.m. Nov. 30, on Sesame Boulevard, .2 miles south of Seven Wonders Trail, when she was struck and killed by 2008 Mazda 6 driven by Antonio Castanheira, 35, of Palm Coast.

Reid was jogging on the far right side of the roadway near the painted white line, with the traffic, according to the report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Castanheira said he was distracted by two juvenile passengers in the rear of his Mazda and was looking at them, when he struck Reid with the right front of his car. The impact knocked Reid to the grass shoulder.

Reid was transported to Halifax, but the injuries were fatal. No one was injuried in Castanheira's car.