One person has died after a car submerged in a canal near Boca Falls Drive and Palmetto Park Road.
According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report, at 12:30 p.m. Monday a driver of a Honda Crosstour was traveling southbound on Boca Falls Drive and making a left turn to head eastbound onto Palmetto Park Road.
The driver failed to yield to the second vehicle, a Volkswagon Passat, causing the front of the Passat to impact the rear of the Crosstour.
The Honda ran off the roadway and into a lake and the driver of the car was able to climb out of the vehicle. The passenger, 69-year-old Joanne Sue Romano of Boca Raton, was trapped in the car before being rescued by a Palm Beach County Fire diver.
Romano was transported to West Boca Medical Center and later died from injuries sustained during the crash.
PBCFR says three other people were taken to a local hospital, two with minor injuries and one with serious injuries.
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