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.
