19-year-old Tallahassee woman dies in early morning wreck
Published 1:00 pm Tuesday, December 27, 2016
LIVE OAK, Fla. — Whitney Baptista, 19, died in a single-car accident on Interstate 10 around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
The Tallahassee resident was driving a Honda Civic going east when her vehicle began to rotate into the center grass median where it collided with a tree.
According to the report, the collision trapped Baptista inside and set the car on fire.
Baptista was pronounced dead at the scene, FHP reports.