2 dead in South Walton crash

SANTA ROSA BEACH
Two out-of-state 18-year-olds hospitalized with serious injuries Sunday evening after a wreck on U.S. 98 near McKenny Road.
Joshua Tilly of Waco, Texas, was driving a 2008 Cadillac westbound around 6 p.m. when he was unable to maneuver a curve in the roadway, according to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) news release. Tilly’s vehicle went into the north shoulder of the roadway and continued in a westerly direction, hitting a tree, a culvert, a telephone box and a utility box, the release said.
During the wreck, the vehicle overturned and came to a final rest on the north shoulder of U.S. 98. The wreck caused about $9,000 in damage to the vehicle, FHP reported.
Tilly was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck; alcohol was not a factor, according to FHP.
Tilly was airlifted to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System. His passenger, 18-year-old Austin, Texas, resident Hunter Hodes, was taken to Sacred Heart Emerald Coast.
Tilly is being charged with careless driving, the FHP report said.