WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) – Florida Highway Patrol officials say a 70 year old pedestrian received critical injuries in a traffic accident on U.S. 98 Saturday afternoon.
Authorities say a vehicle was traveling east on U.S. 98 about 4:00 p.m. Saturday in the inside lane, just west of Emerald Shores Blvd. when a pedestrian was walking across the east bound lanes of U.S. 98, west of Emerald Shores Blvd.
FHP says the pedestrian was walking north from the south side of U.S. 98 and a collision occurred.
Authorities identify her only as a 70 year old female from Roswell, Georgia and say she has critical injuries.
They also say a 13 year old passenger in the vehicle from Enterprise, Alabama received minor injuries.
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