While working on a fatal accident in Calhoun County the day before Christmas Eve, Florida authorities were struck by a drunk driver on the scene. The DUI offender struck two vehicles. One was a firetruck on site of the accident. The drunk driver also struck a firefighter who was directing traffic away from the accident.
The driver, 29-year-old Richard Bouch II, was arrested at the scene of the accident and charged with a DUI count and also charaged with leaving the scene of an accident. Workers were on the scene of the first accident, which occurred after 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening; then after midnight Christmas Eve, Bouch crashed into the scene of the accident.
When police arrived to the first accident, Dean Alan Barnes had struck two pine trees afte rlosing control of his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Not quite an hour later, Bouch approached the scene above the speed limit and veered left to avoid rear-ending someone as he neared emergency vehicles that were stopped in the road.
It was at this time that Bouch struck firefighter William Truax and then collided with the side of a parked fire truck. After hitting the emergency vehicle, he then sped off towards the highway to flee the scene, only to strike a Toyota.
In so doing, Bouch struck William Truax, 45, of Altha, Fla., then hit the side of a parked fire truck. Bouch then veered back into the southbound lane and struck the Toyota.
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