WPTV has received many messages from viewers asking for more information on the truck driver who was killed last Friday in a crash that took the life of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Zachary Fink .
Based on email correspondence WPTV received from FHP Tuesday, the agency said it would not be releasing the name of the truck driver. It said it would release the age and the town where the man was from, but not his name out of respect to his family.
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This is despite December’s ruling by the Florida Supreme Court that Marsy’s law “does not secure a victim’s right to unanimity.”
Marsy’s Law was passed as a constitutional amendment in 2018 designed to protect crime victims’ privacy.
The truck driver was killed in a collision with Fink’s vehicle.
Fink had been pursuing a felon on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County early Friday.
FHP added they would not be providing any more updates on the case as the subject of the pursuit, Michael Addison of Broward County, has been charged accordingly , but added that this is still an open criminal investigation.