A man who crashed into a golf cart and seriously injured two people in Panama City Beach on Saturday called in a bomb threat afterward, temporarily closing part of Front Beach Road near Joan Avenue, according to authorities.
Servando Sanchez-Uriostegui, 29, was driving a Jeep Cherokee eastbound on Front Beach when he drove over a sidewalk and struck a golf cart about 7:30 a.m., according to a Florida Highway Patrol incident report. James Kimbrell, 61, and Rita Kimbrell, 57, were ejected from the golf cart. The Kimbrells, of Arley, Ala., were taken to Bay Medical Center in serious condition.
Soon after the crash, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from someone claiming there was a bomb in Sanchez-Uriostegui’s vehicle. The area was evacuated, and the BSCO bomb unit and K-9 unit investigated. Deputies found a bottle of peroxide in the vehicle, and re-opened the area about 10:12 a.m.
Sanchez-Uriostegui, of Roswell, Ga., is suspected of making the bomb threat, and is expected to be charged accordingly, BSCO spokeswoman Ruth Corley said. He is also expected to be charged with assault. Sanchez-Uriostegui allegedly hit a paramedic attempting to treat him after the crash.
Sanchez-Uriostegui was seriously injured in the crash and taken to Bay Medical Center.