Dunedin Woman Critical After Crash with Publix Truck

A 65-year-old Dunedin woman was taken to Bayfront Medical in critical condition following a Sunday afternoon crash on U.S. 19 north of Republic Drive.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Joyce J. Siegel was heading southbound in the outside lane of U.S. 19 when a Publix tractor trailer stopped for a light in front of her. Siegel failed to stop and drove into the truck’s rear end, troopers wrote in a report.

While the truck driver, Corey Ciralsky, 27, of Winter Haven suffered only minor injuries, Siegel was transported to the hospital from the scene.

Charges are pending, according to the highway patrol.

Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol

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