COPS: Awake For 18 Hours. Speeding. Ate McDonalds Just Before Crash.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Pennsylvania-licensed registered nurse who had just finished a 12-hour overnight shift is the woman charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a November 2024 crash on State Road 80 in western Palm Beach County that killed three Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office motorcycle deputies. Corrinne Adrianna Blue, 31, of West Palm Beach, was not taken into custody but was formally charged after a 16-month investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol’s SIRT team.
According to a 13-page warrant affidavit filed April 30 and obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, Blue was driving her 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound on S.R. 80 near Lion Country Safari Road on the morning of November 21, 2024, when she struck Deputies Ralph Waller, Corporal Luis Paez, and Deputy Ignacio Diaz — all of whom were standing on the southern shoulder of the road next to their disabled motorcycles. Waller and Paez died that same day. Diaz succumbed to his injuries four days later on November 25, 2024. The District 15 Medical Examiner determined that all three deaths were caused by trauma sustained in the crash.
Multiple witnesses and in-vehicle camera footage documented Blue driving at speeds ranging from 74 to 86 miles per hour in a posted 55 mph zone in the minutes before the crash, aggressively tailgating other vehicles, cutting off drivers without signaling, and zigzagging between lanes. Data from Blue’s vehicle airbag control module showed she was traveling between 76 and 85 miles per hour immediately before impact — far in excess of the 50 to 55 mph she claimed to investigators. Blue told detectives she never saw the deputies or their motorcycles on the shoulder, and that she swerved right to avoid rear-ending a red car that had slowed ahead of her. Investigators said her stated speed was “inconsistent” with the electronic data recovered from her own vehicle.
The affidavit also details significant concerns about Blue’s physical condition at the time of the crash. Cell phone data showed she had been awake for approximately 18 of the 24 hours prior to the crash, having worked her first-ever emergency room shift at Cleveland Clinic in Weston before heading home. A receipt found in her vehicle showed she had stopped at a McDonald’s in Belle Glade just 25 minutes before the crash. A neurologist consulted by FHP concluded it was possible Blue was suffering from both work-related fatigue and postprandial fatigue — a form of cognitive impairment sometimes described as “brain fog” — triggered by the high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal. Toxicology testing confirmed no drugs or alcohol were in her system.
Blue, who had been living in Florida since at least 2023 but maintained her Pennsylvania driver’s license, faces three felony counts under Florida Statute 782.071(1)(a), vehicular homicide, with no bond set. Investigators concluded that all contributing factors in the crash were entirely within Blue’s control and that nothing mechanical prevented her from driving safely.
