UPDATE: One person is dead and two are seriously injured following a crash in Fort Pierce Thursday evening.
The crash happened at 9:58 p.m. on Seaway Drive.
Police say a silver 2007 Dodge Ram truck driven by a 25-year-old Fort Pierce resident was traveling west on Seaway Drive when the vehicle veered into the eastbound lanes of traffic at the crest of the South Causeway Bridge colliding head-on into a green 1997 Ram truck driven by 20-year-old Michael Sloane of St. Lucie County.
Soane was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger and the driver of the silver truck were transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
There were no other occupants in either vehicle, officials say.
The Fort Pierce Police Department Traffic Homicide officers are investigating the crash.
EARLIER STORY:
The South Causeway Bridge, also known as Seaway Bridge, is back open after it was closed for several hours overnight following a crash.
Fort Pierce police tweeted at 1:39 a.m. that the bridge was back open.
No more information was immediately available.
This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
The South Causeway Bridge is open.
— Fort Pierce P.D. (@FortPiercePD) August 31, 2018
