As we approach the January 23rd anniversary of the SunTrust Bank shooting in Sebring, it appears that a memorial park is all but completed. Published photos show an open area which occupies roughly the footprint of the original structure.
There are five walls, arranged like a pentagon – apparently representing the five women who were killed in the incident. Trees in the area also reportedly will be illuminated as part of the presentation.
A formal dedication of that facility will be held January 23rd. It will be at 10am – to commemorate the tragedy.
Activity is picking up at the Sebring International Raceway for this weekend’s Hoosier Tire SCCA Super Tour event. The annual Sports Car Club of America’s annual event draws more than 200 racers from all over the country. It is one of the biggest club events of the year at the track.
There will be 28 different classes in competition for the event which begins Friday morning at the circuit. Tickets are free for the competition, which is the first of 10 planned race weekends across the country.
Florida Highway Patrol officials now have identified that motorcyclist killed early Monday morning as a 45-year-old Lake Placid man. Troopers say Dale Strang was riding his motorcycle on County Road 621 near the Caladium Capital – and apparently hit a hog.
Strang reportedly was thrown from the ‘cycle and was hit by an unknown vehicle, which reportedly also was southbound on ‘621. Troopers say they are continuing to look for information on that vehicle.
Strang was Highlands’s first traffic fatality of the new year.
A Highlands County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly was involved in a crash in Avon Park yesterday. According to reports, Deputy Alex Brock was sountbound on Memorial Drive in the City of Charm, when a car apparently ran the stop sign at Hal MacRae Blvd and pulled into the path of her cruiser.
Brock hit the car broadside.
There were no serious injuries – however the passenger in the car was transported to an area hospital. The 17-year-old driver of the sedan was cited in the incident.