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Trolley crash in St. Augustine injures 12, firefighters say (WJXT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The driver of a trolley that overturned in St. Augustine and injured 12 people Saturday has been cited for reckless driving, the St. Augustine Police Department said Tuesday.
At least one person was flown to Orange Park Medical Center after the crash on St. Francis Street.
No other details about the charges were immediately available. A police spokesman said the crash investigation is ongoing and a full report should be out by the end of the week.
All of the injuries are considered non-life-threatening, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 12:44 PM EDT July 17, 2021 Updated: 11:21 PM EDT July 17, 2021
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Several people are recovering after an Old Town trolley overturned Saturday morning in St. Augustine.
The crash happened between 11 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. at Charlotte Street and St. Francis Street, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.
The trolley overturned while it was making a turn, according to the St. Augustine Fire Department.
Twelve people were injured in the crash, including one person who was flown to an Orange Park hospital. First responders took the other eleven by to the hospital by ambulance, the fire department said.
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But a local tourism official said St. Augustine is poised to recover faster than the state overall.
The Destinations Florida study indicated that businesses in October were having fewer problems finding supplies than in June. The research for Destinations Florida, an association of local tourism promotion organizations, also found a slight uptick in people planning Florida trips.
But more than half of the state’s tourism-related businesses anticipate that COVID-19 impacts will continue until sometime between the third quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022, according to the study.
“Slowly but surely, we are seeing signs of a recovery and Florida’s tourism industry, which is a key driver of employment and our economy, continues to work hard to ensure our communities are able to rebound,” Destinations Florida Executive Director Robert Skrob said in a press release Monday. “There is no magic fix for an economic recovery but what we have seen, and what we know works