Once again, police are investigating a fatal traffic crash on the barrier island in which the driver of the at-fault vehicle was released from the scene with no criminal charges after minimal questioning, despite being guilty of several traffic infractions.
In this crash, which occurred at about 8:45 p.m. on March 25 at the intersection of Beachland Boulevard and Highway A1A, an island resident who was found at fault for failing to yield the right of way struck and killed the driver of a moped.
Fatal crashes on the island typically attract attention, but this one happened the day after the March 24 double homicide at the main library in Vero Beach, which dominated that week’s headlines…