ORANGE CITY, Fla. – An Orange City police sergeant heading to an emergency struck and killed a woman who was crossing a Volusia County road, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal crash was reported at 12:45 a.m. Monday near Enterprise Road and Grand Plaza Drive.
Authorities said Sgt. Jordan Herzog, 41, of Orange City, was driving a marked SUV, with its emergency lights activated, south on Enterprise Road while responding to a call when he hit the 51-year-old Edgewater woman, who was crossing the road from the west to the east.
"She wasn’t in a crosswalk or at an intersection, so we do encourage people to go to those locations. It is safer to walk at a crosswalk or an intersection,” FHP Lt. Kim Montes said.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene, the FHP said.
Herzog was not injured, officials said.
“This is the last thing an officer wants to happen because now he can’t get to the call and, unfortunately, somebody else was hurt or killed in a crash," Montes said.
Orange City police said Herzog was headed to a disturbance involving several people, including someone who was armed with a shotgun.
An investigation into the fatal crash is ongoing.