PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Alberto Castillo, of Belle Glade, Florida, has been identified as the victim in a fatal two-vehicle crash in Palm Beach County.
Castillo, 37, was killed in a crash Friday afternoon involving a slowing semi-truck near Lake Harbor.
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According to officials, Castillo was operating a vehicle on U.S. 27 in Lake Harbor, when he rear ended a slow moving big-rig around 2:15 p.m. Friday.
Castillo was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.
The driver of the truck not injured in the wreck.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Palm Beach County stretches from Florida’s Atlantic coast into the state’s rural center and includes the northern edge of the Everglades national park. Its coastline has numerous golf courses and sandy beaches. Industrialist Henry Flagler’s grand 1902 mansion in the town of Palm Beach is now a museum. Some of the town’s other Gilded Age mansions have tunnels that lead to the shore – wikipedia.