COCOA, Fla. – Authorities have identified the pair killed in a fiery crash in Cocoa involving a semi that was hauling apples.
According to the Cocoa Police Department, Emily Wilcox, 19, and Casey Kilton, 38, both from the unincorporated Cocoa area, were headed east on State Road 524, just east of Friday Road, shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday when they slammed into the back of a parked semi’s tractor trailer that was holding a load of apples. Kilton was driving a rented 2020 Jeep Cherokee, according to police.
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Traffic Alert: SR 524 eastbound is closed just east of Friday Road due to a fatal crash involving a vehicle that crashed into a parked semi tractor trailer. The crash occurred around 5 AM and the scene remains active. More info will be released as it becomes available.
— CocoaPolice (@cocoapolice) July 14, 2020
After the initial crash, dispatchers received a call to 911 about a vehicle fire on on State Road 524. Cocoa Fire Rescue officials responded and put out the flames in an effort to rescue the trapped pair, but Wilcox and Kilton had already died while trapped inside the vehicle, police said.
S.R. 524 east was closed in the area following the crash.
Police said investigators are still working to determine what led up to the deadly crash.
No other details were immediately available.
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