COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal officer-involved crash involving a Coconut Creek police officer.
The crash occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of West Sample Road and Lyons Road in Coconut Creek.
According to authorities, Divinty Cureton, 30, was behind the wheel of a white Toyota Camry when she crashed her car into the rear of the officer’s marked vehicle.
As the officer came to a stop, Cureton lost control of the Camry and struck a palm tree in the median before bouncing off the tree and coming to a stop, deputies said.
Cureton was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Paramedics also took the police officer involved to a local hospital with injuries that were listed as not life-threatening.
The westbound lanes of Sample Road between Northwest 42nd Avenue and Lyons Road were temporarily shut down as a result of the crash.
Investigators spent hours at the scene collecting evidence before both vehicles were towed away.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.