A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a crash last summer that killed a man riding a scooter west of Boca Raton, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
John Arthur Adams, of Deerfield Beach, was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Trax shortly after 11 p.m. July 16, near Sandalfoot Boulevard and North Branch Road.
Alexander Daniel Acevedo, 28, of Boca Raton, was driving an electric scooter east on Sandalfoot Boulevard when Adams’ Chevrolet drifted over a center turn lane and partly into the eastbound lane where Acevedo was riding the scooter, the Sheriff’s Office said. The front of Adams’s car collided with the front of the scooter, violently flinging the scooter and Acevedo into the air, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Acevedo landed on the shoulder of Sandalfoot Boulevard, and his scooter was broken into pieces, according to deputies. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies indicated in a crash report that Adams was potentially under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time. Neither he nor his passenger were injured.
Adams was arrested Wednesday morning on a warrant for one count of vehicular homicide, PBSO said in a news release.
Court records with details of the investigation were not available.