Carl Gandy FL Stewart-Marchman Act Director ID’d As Victim In Fatal Volusia County Crash

VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Carl Gandy, of Bunnell, Florida, has been identified as the victim in a fatal vehicle head-on crash near Pierson, Florida on Saturday.

Gandy, 56, the director of a Stewart-Marchman Act residential treatment center in DeLand, was killed in a Saturday head-on crash on State Road 40 in Volusia County. Rena Gandy, 46, was injured in the crash. Her injuries are unknown as of Sunday morning.

According to reports, Gandy was operating a Ford Pickup truck, when a semi-tractor driver traveled into opposing lanes and struck the pickup head-on.

The semi then swerved off the road and made contact with a substantial tree around 10 a.m. Saturday.

The big-rig driver then fled the scene on-foot.

Its occupant, still unknown, fled on foot. FHP has not provided further details about the semi truck’s make, look or registration information, other than that it was a 2009 model, reports Flaglerlive.

The force of the collision caused Gandy’s pickup to burst into flames.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Barely 24 hours before the crash, Rena Gandy sent a meme to her daughter through Facebook: “I hope you know that every time I tell you to get home safe, take care, have fun, have a good day or sleep well, what I’m really saying is I love you.”

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Geo quick facts: Volusia County is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the county was home to 494,593 people, an increase of 11.6% from 2000 – Wikipedia.