PANAMA CITY BEACH - A wreck left three people injured at about 6 a.m. Sunday.
Chase Allen Wimpee, 30, of Montgomery Ala., was driving a 2005 Acura west on Front Beach Road approaching the intersection of 12th street and Andrew Emerson Hickman, 20, of Cumming Ga., was driving a 2007 Acura east on Front Beach Road approaching the same intersection, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Wimpee “failed to keep his vehicle in the westbound lane” and it collided with the front of Hickman’s vehicle, troopers wrote. Wimpee’s vehicle overturned and continued in motion until coming to final rest on the north side shoulder of Front Beach Road facing west, they added.
Hickman’s vehicle was spun around and came to final rest near the area of collision on the south side of Front Beach Road facing west.
Wimpee, Hickman and Hickman’s passenger, Lauren Crockett, 20, of La Grange Ga., all had serious injuries and were transported to a local hospital. Charges in the case are pending further investigation, troopers wrote.