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Crash south of Chieﬂand kills motorcyclist Goethe Wildfire - Continued from page 1

A trafﬁc crash that occurred south of Chieﬂand at 8:00 p.m., June 6, resulted in the

this operation very difﬁcult..

death of the driver of a motorcycle. Unspeciﬁed charges are pending against the driver of

Levy County Emergency Management hosted a meeting on June 8 with county

ofﬁcials and ﬁre chiefs from Williston and Levy County Fire & Rescue to discuss future

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 50 year-old Imogene Swafford of Old

options and needs to continue ﬁghting the Badland ﬁre. Florida Division of Forestry is uti-

Town was driving a 2002 Hyundai Sonata, traveling north in the outside lane of U.S. Hwy.

lizing as many ﬁre teams as possible to contain the ﬁre. Fireﬁghters from all agencies have

19 and was overtaking the motorcycle, a 2008 Harley Davidson driven by Marvin Hancock,

started working 24 hours per day, starting this past Sunday afternoon, June 12, working in

also of Old Town. Mr. Hancock was ahead of Ms. Swafford, also traveling north in the out-

12-plus hour shifts, in an effort to bring the ﬁre under control.

side lane. The report stated that Ms. Swafford failed to see Mr. Hancock and struck the rear

The Levy county Sheriff’s Ofﬁce and the Florida Highway Patrol are continually

of his motorcycle with the front of her car, pushing him for over 300 feet. Mr. Hancock was

monitoring C.R. 337 and S.R. 121 to evaluate the potential need to close the roadways, due

ejected from the motorcycle and came to rest on the eastern grass shoulder. The motorcycle

to the heavy smoke the ﬁre is generating. 32 new ﬁres with 20,700 new acres burned in the

tumbled through the median and traveled across the southbound lanes before coming to rest

state does not include the 244 active ﬁres, accounting for 58,014 acres.

on the west shoulder, while the car traveled into the median and came to rest over 600 feet

from the initial collision.

Mr. Hancock was transported to Shand’s Hospital at the University of Florida

Medical Center in Gainesville. He was pronounced deceased at 11:22 p.m.

The report stated that Ms. Swafford was wearing a seatbelt and a blood alcohol

level is pending on Ms. Swaffford. Mr. Hancock was not wearing a helmet.

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dangerous  Johnson, Levy   coordi-

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nate sheltersissues. At thiswas  to off load

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