2 deputies killed, 1 critically injured in Palm Beach County crash

Two Palm Beach County deputies are dead, and a third is in critical condition following a crash Thursday morning.

It happened in Loxahatchee.

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the deputies were in the grassy area of a road when a woman driving an SUV tried to pass a person in front of her, overcorrected, and crashed into the deputies.

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All three were taken to an area hospital where two of them were pronounced dead. A third deputy is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

The names of the deputies and the person behind the wheel of the SUV have not been released.

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The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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