Guardrail replaced at the accident site that killed 3 PBSO deputies

Loxahatchee, fla. (CBS12) – Another chapter is now closed in the tragic accident that has claimed the lives of three deputies of the Palm Beach County sheriff in November.

On Tuesday, a section of 37.5 meters from the damaged guard was replaced, where the accident on South Boulevard happened, near Safari Lion Country.

This place has three American flags, one for every deputy who was killed.

Now there is a new piece of steel in Guardrail, which replaces the manilked section that was there from the accident a few months ago.

A worker carefully removed a piece of the metal railing that was damaged when a driver hit three PBSO motorcycle deputies just a few days before Thanksgiving.

November 21 last, three PBSO deputies They worked the application of traffic on South Boulevard, also known as State Road 80.

All three were on the shoulder when a driver in a SUV drove on his shoulder to avoid a car that slowed down.

“She overcompensated, descended from the road and then hit all three car officers, when all three went in the air in different directions,” said Ric Bradshaw, the sheriff in Palm Beach County, on November 21, 2024.

According to the FHP accident report, the woman was doing 65 in a South Boulevard. where the speed limit posted is 55 miles per hour.

The FHP report says that the results of alcohol and drug tests are pending.

The injured PBSO deputies were in a hurry at the St. Medical Center. Mary from West Palm Beach. Two of them died that day. Another one died four days later.

“This is hard for the agency. It is hard when a deputy dies, but three of them at one point is, number one, never happened in the 100 -year history of this agency.

PBSO CPL. Luis Paez, deputy Ralph “Butch” Waller and deputy Ignacio “Dan” Diaz They all lost their lives.

Following their death, the sheriff Bradshaw discussed the heartbreaking incident.

“They have never seen it. They never had the chance to do any evasive action. They never had the chance to try to save them.

According to FHP, the accident is still under investigation.

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FHP has launched its traffic accident report, but the traffic homicide report has not yet been launched.

It is not known what he perceives, if necessary, the driver who caused the accident will face.

A PBSO spokesman did not say what PBSO intends to do with the damaged side of the guard, but said Dot saves him for the sheriff’s office.

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