VALPARAISO — A Panama City man has died from injuries sustained in a head-on crash in Okaloosa County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
He is the second driver killed in the wreck.
Christopher M. Schoeller, 35, was pronounced dead Saturday, days after the wreck that also killed 75-year-old Robert Carlisle and one dog.
Schoeller was driving a 2011 Isuzu box truck Thursday that struck a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup shortly before 4:30 p.m. near the south end of State 123 near Valparaiso, according to the FHP. He was critically injured and flown by helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, where he was pronounced dead Saturday.
Brian Taylor, 35, of Panama City, was a passenger in the box truck. He suffered minor injuries, the FHP reported.
Carlisle, of Brundidge, Ala., was driving the pickup truck.
Carol Harris, 69, of Shalimar, was a passenger in the pickup. She was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in serious condition. Her condition had been upgraded to stable Friday.
According to the FHP, Schoeller was driving south on State 123 when he “crossed the yellow line into the path” of the pickup. State 123 was closed for more than three hours after the crash.
Two dogs were in one of the vehicles. One was killed in the crash and the other, described as a small white Maltese, died later from its injuries at Emergency Veterinary Clinic in Niceville, according to an employee.
The accident remains under investigation, according to the FHP.