PANAMA CITY BEACH — A spring breaker trying to cross Middle Beach Road was struck by a van at 4 a.m. Thursday.
According to a report from the Panama City Beach Police Department, Joshua Aaron Connor, 23, of Morgantown, W.V., was attempting to cross the street while talking on his cellphone when he was struck by a white Dodge van. The driver of the van, 50-year-old James Paul Tomas of Panama City Beach, "was inattentive and was distracted by loud music coming from inside the vehicle," police wrote in the incident report.
Connor was taken to a local hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
"Primary fault is not determined in this traffic crash," the incident report states.