Lee County, FL : Cusseta father-daughter killed in crash on Interstate 85 southbound near mile marker 63 on Thursday, 23rd April, 2020

A Cusseta father and daughter were killed when their vehicle was struck from behind on Interstate 85 southbound near mile marker 63 Thursday morning, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said.

Abbey Darnell, 16, and her father, David Darnell, 49, died instantly from multiple blunt force impact injuries, Harris said. Investigators believe the father pulled off the side of the interstate to check on his daughter's vehicle which had been stranded earlier from a flat tire.

A Chevrolet pickup traveling south on the interstate struck the victims' vehicle from behind and knocked their vehicle into the stranded vehicle, Harris said.

Lee County Chief Deputy Coroner pronounced the victims' dead at the scene.

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