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Police Beat
Article published on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 |
Body of man found was jumper
CLEARWATER – The body of a man who went for a jump off the Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge on Nov. 25 has been found. Craig Hill, 25 was staying at the Tropical Island Hotel, where he also worked, when he and a friend went out for a walk.
At some point, he decided to jump from the bridge, police said. Hill’s friend, Todd Payne, 20 called 911 and told the police his story. Payne was hospitalized under the Baker Act. Police then started a search for Hill. Payne said the two men wanted to be the Kings of Clearwater. The police department was contacted by the Coast Guard after they found a body at sea on Nov. 30. It was found about a mile from Pier 60, said public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts.
Local man dies in accident
CLEARWATER – The father of a 6-year-old girl died in an accident at the corner of Keene Road and Drew Street on Dec. 2. Edward Robert Tibbatts, 58, was driving a 2003 Gray Hyundai in the southbound lane of Keene Road, when he collided with a 2000 White Chevy 3500 truck driven by John Bujalski. The driver of the Chevy truck was driving north towing a 30-foot boat and trailer when he attempted to make a turn into the westbound lanes of Drew about 5 p.m.
The impact of the two vehicles forced the truck into the southbound lane of Keene. A 2004 Brown Buick in the southbound lane, driven by Frank Lang, struck the truck, and was forced off the road and into a chain link fence near a retention pond.
Tibbatts was transported to Morton Plant Hospital where he died. His daughter, Erin Tibbatts, who was in the backseat in a car seat was taken to St. Joe’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police say Tibbatts was not wearing his seatbelt. The driver of the truck was taken to Morton Plant Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Lang, the Buick’s driver, was checked out, but didn’t go to the hospital.
Man dies after driving over median
CLEARWATER – Michael Porter, 68, died at the scene of a Dec. 4 accident on Frontage Road. According to the police report, Porter was traveling on the northbound Frontage Road on U.S. 19, when he failed to make a left turn as he approached Drew Street. Porter's 2003 Silver Ford Mustang went over a raised median and into the southbound lanes of Frontage Road where it struck a 2003 black Hummer driven by John Accard, 42, about 2 p.m. The vehicle then struck a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Richard Bishop, 52. Bishop was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
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Article published on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007
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