Citrus County, FL \u2013 A 69-year-old man from Beverly Hills was hospitalized Friday afternoon following a high-speed crash involving a yellow Chevrolet Camaro on North Forest Ridge Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 2:55 p.m. on May 30, 2025. The driver was traveling southbound on North Forest Ridge Boulevard when he reportedly failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway north of West Casurina Place. The vehicle entered the grass median, struck a tree, and continued to spin onto the sidewalk before crashing into a pedestrian handrail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photos from the scene show the Camaro with severe front-end damage, crumpled along the rail and surrounded by debris. Units from Polk County Fire Rescue and law enforcement were on-site, with the scene drawing attention from passersby due to the violent impact and visible destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities identified the driver as being impaired at the time of the crash. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crash remains under investigation, and no additional injuries were reported. The Florida Highway Patrol is leading the inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sgt. Steve Gaskins, Public Affairs Officer for FHP, confirmed the details Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Citrus County, FL \u2013 A 69-year-old man from Beverly Hills was hospitalized Friday afternoon following a high-speed crash involving a yellow Chevrolet Camaro on North Forest Ridge Boulevard. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 2:55 p.m. on May 30, 2025. The driver was traveling southbound on North Forest Ridge Boulevard when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4767],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-2"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3270,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/3270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}