BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A 90-year-old woman is dead after stepping from her own driveway into the path of an SUV in the Boca West community Thursday afternoon, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Sandra Sparber Friedman was struck just after 1 p.m. on May 14 outside her home on Planters Point Drive. Investigators say a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 83-year-old Harriet Rosenberger, who lives just a few doors away, was rounding a left-hand curve when Friedman stepped into the roadway. The front right of the SUV hit her.
Friedman was thrown to the ground and complained of hip pain at the scene. She was taken to Delray Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 2:35 p.m.
No charges have been filed. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash.
