FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL

MEDIA RELEASE
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

09/18/2010 6:52 AM State Road 10 (US 90) 1 mile west of Quincy GADSDEN
DATE TIME PM LOCATION OF INCIDENT COUNTY

ALCOHOL RELATED? Yes No Pend

VEHICLE # 1 1998 Cadillac 4 Door $ 15,000 SEATBELT / HELMET IN USE? Yes No
YEAR MAKE MODEL DAMAGE RELATIVE NOTIFIED? Yes No
DRIVER: James Aaron Thurman 59 Greensboro FL
NAME AGE CITY / STATE OF RESIDENCE
INJURIES: NONE MINOR SERIOUS CRITICAL FATAL Gadsden Memorial
HOSPITAL
PASSENGER: N/A
NAME AGE CITY / STATE OF RESIDENCE
INJURIES: NONE MINOR SERIOUS CRITICAL FATAL SEATBELT / HELMET IN USE? Yes No
HOSPITAL RELATIVE NOTIFIED? Yes No

ALCOHOL RELATED? Yes No Pend

VEHICLE # $ SEATBELT / HELMET IN USE? Yes No
YEAR MAKE MODEL DAMAGE RELATIVE NOTIFIED? Yes No
DRIVER:
NAME AGE CITY / STATE OF RESIDENCE
INJURIES: NONE MINOR SERIOUS CRITICAL FATAL
HOSPITAL
PASSENGER:
NAME AGE CITY / STATE OF RESIDENCE
INJURIES: NONE MINOR SERIOUS CRITICAL FATAL SEATBELT / HELMET IN USE? Yes No
HOSPITAL RELATIVE NOTIFIED? Yes No

PEDESTRIAN:
NAME AGE CITY / STATE OF RESIDENCE
INJURIES: NONE MINOR SERIOUS CRITICAL FATAL ALCOHOL RELATED? Yes No Pend
RELATIVE NOTIFIED? Yes No
HOSPITAL

CHARGES: None

NARRATIVE:
Vehicle 1 was traveling westbound on State Road 10 (US 90). A horse had gotten out of a fenced pasture
through an unsecured gate, and was in the roadway. Driver 1 was unable to observe the horse in the
roadway in time to avoid it. V-1 struck the horse with its front. The horse was fatally injured. Driver 1 was
transported to Gadsden Memorial Hospital in Quincy with minor injuries and was treated and released.
The Horse was owned by Jane Brock of Whigham GA.

Trooper John Tallman Send completed Press Release to: N/A

CRASH INVESTIGATOR HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR
Sergeant John Haire TallPR@flhsmv.gov FHPH10OFF021655
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