POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — “She was a good girl, very humble,” Acosta said.
James Feeney, a Pompano Beach resident who regularly cycles in the area, said Palla shouldn’t have died because the driver of a silver Nissan decided to speed along Northeast 10th Street.
Witnesses said the driver of the Nissan failed at his attempt to veer around a slower-moving car, lost control and crashed into a tree in the 600th block of 10th Street.
“Everybody uses this path for bike riding, running, rollerblading,” Feeney said, adding that Palla’s death is “really sad and unfair.”
The force of the impact was so strong the car split in half -- leaving parts of it wrapped around a pole, a tree and the front of the vehicle in the middle of the street.
A witness’ cell phone video shows a man trying to help the driver of the Nissan after he was ejected and appeared to have died in the middle of the street. He survived.
Palla died at the scene of the crash. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel took the driver of the Nissan and a passenger to Broward Health North.
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