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Man Crashes Into Tree, Is Killed In West Boca Raton

Palmetto park and st. Andrews

One Car Crash At Palmetto Park Road and St. Andrews Boulevard.

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Kevin Powell was killed at the intersection of St. Andrews Blvd. and Palmetto Park Road. Police say he hit a tree.

BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office tells BocaNewsNow.com that 20-year-old Kevin Powell was killed early Saturday morning in a one-car crash at St. Andrews Blvd. and Palmetto Park Road in West Boca Raton.

Powell lived in the 4000 block of South Ocean Boulevard in Highland Beach.

According to PBSO, Powell was driving a BMW sedan westbound on Palmetto Park Road at a high rate of speed and “failed to maintain his lane as he drifted to the left.”

The vehicle, according to police, “rotated as it entered the raised median and struck a tree. As the crash ensued, the vehicle continued rotating as it impacted into a second tree. The vehicle came to rest against the second tree.”

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Powell was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash.

Investigators logged the time of death as 2:56 a.m.