Florida Corrections Officer Struck and Killed

June 19, 2018

Florida State Corrections Officer Tawanna Marin, who was supervising inmates in Coconut Creek, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle Monday.

By Linda Trischitta

Source Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Florida State Corrections Officer Tawanna Marin, who was supervising inmates in Coconut Creek, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle Monday.

COCONUT CREEK, Florida -- A state corrections officer who was supervising inmates in Coconut Creek was struck by a passing vehicle Monday and died from her injuries, officials said.

Few details were available about the crash that killed Tawanna Marin, a Doral-based officer who was supervising a squad of inmates working for the Department of Transportation when she was hit.

Marin, 48, lived in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office.

“We are absolutely devastated by the tragic passing of Officer Tawanna Marin,” Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones said in a press release. “For more than nine years, Officer Marin served our state as a corrections officer, and we are forever grateful for her sacrifice and service to our community.”

The crash happened at about 1:15 p.m. at West Sample Road and Lyons Road, said Jeff Gary of Margate-Coconut Creek Fire Rescue. Paramedics took Marin from the scene, west of Florida’s Turnpike, to North Broward Medical Center in Deerfield Beach, where she died.

Marin worked at the South Florida Reception Center in Doral.

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