A man died on Tuesday after he was hit by a car while at a bus stop in Pompano Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Just before 1 p.m., a woman driving a 2024 BMW M240i south in the 500 block of South Federal Highway “was involved” in a rear-end crash with a 2017 Honda Accord, drove around the Honda and continued heading south, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday. The circumstances of that crash were not detailed in the news release.
The BMW driver, identified as Jo Anne Llera, 47, then reached the 900 block of South Federal Highway and swerved into a swale on the side of the road, hitting a covered Broward County bus bench where the man had been either sitting or standing, the Sheriff’s Office said.
After hitting the bus stop, Llera then crashed into two light poles, a tree and multiple empty cars that were parked in the lot of a car dealership nearby, damaging nine cars there, the news release said. Debris from the impact also hit a 2010 Lincoln Town Car as it was traveling on South Federal Highway.
The man was pronounced dead at the bus stop, the Sheriff’s Office said. His name has not been released.
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue took Llera to Broward Health North. She was expected to recover.
Deputies are continuing to investigate the crash.