LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. - 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.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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