A North Huntington, Pa., man died Monday morning, a day after being struck by a Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy's cruiser.
The Florida Highway Patrol and the Sheriff's Office say Randall Graft, 54, was driving a small electric car south on U.S. 1 at mile marker 2 at 7:41 a.m. Sunday and Deputy Scott Ward, 38, of Key West was driving his 2010 Ford behind him.
The front of Ward's cruiser hit the rear of Graft's electric car, causing Graft to get ejected from his vehicle. Stock Island emergency responders arrived and Graft was taken by via TraumaStar air ambulance to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, where he later died.
The Highway Patrol is the investigating agency, and no charges have been filed.
Graft's death was the sixth traffic fatality south of Florida City this year.
McClatchy-Tribune News Services
