BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A 37-year-old Jensen Beach man died Sunday night after his motorcycle slammed into the back of a van on Southern Boulevard in Loxahatchee, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
PBSO tells BocaNewsNow.com that the crash happened at 9:49 p.m. near D Road. PBSO says a Ford Transit van driven by Flor Marina Maeda, 53, of Boca Raton, was heading east in the inside lane when Derrick Teets came up behind it at high speed on a 2021 Honda CBR600RR. The front of the motorcycle hit the rear of the van.
Teets, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bike as it slid into the median. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.
Maeda brought the van to a controlled stop east of the crash and was not hurt. The Sheriff’s Office says Teets’ next of kin has been notified.
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People need to slow it down. Many times had a motorcyclist come right up behind me out of nowhere. These rocket riders like to temp the hand of fate. There is no room for error when its just you and the pavement.
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