A reader sent us a couple photos of an accident at the intersection of Yamato and Lyons. You can see the Whisper Walk sign in the background of the above photo. Deputies and a tow truck were on scene.
— Another reader advises it was at Lyons and Astaire —
For the location, see the map below:
And here’s a photo of the damage to one of the cars:
This was reported to us a little after 4 pm.
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Felony Child Neglect Charge: Tyler Briggs
On Wednesday PBSO deputies arrested Tyler Briggs (40) on the charge of child neglect. Briggs has had eight cases in the county since 2009 including a violent felony (aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery) in 2012 that was dropped by prosecutors. Last year he did 2 days in jail on a misdemeanor domestic battery, and he’s had a few other minor criminal charges. We also found a 2011 battery case for him in Collier County (Naples area).
The charge against him seems dubious. In law there’s a concern about crimes that are “vague.” The specific language of the statute he’s accused of violating is:
A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects a child without causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the child.
Neglect is defined as:
A caregiver’s failure or omission to provide a child with the care, supervision, and services necessary to maintain the child’s physical and mental health, including, but not limited to, food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, and medical services that a prudent person would consider essential for the well-being of the child
We don’t know what the specific accusations are against Mr. Briggs, but the law he’s accused of violating seems vague. He’s accused of not being a prudent parent (or caregiver). All parents have moments that could fit that description. Taking such a vague charge and treating it as a felony seems unreasonably harsh.
Mr. Briggs’ reported address is near the intersection of Lyons and SW 3rd St.
Child Hit By Car Near Lyons
One of our readers reports a child was hit by a car in Sandalfoot Squire, a community on SW 3rd Street near Lyons Road in Sandalfoot Cove. We have confirmation of the story from the Palm Beach Post.
PBSO and Fire Rescue found a car on top of a young boy, who was taken to Delray Medical Center. Our reader reports that they were on the scene fast and got the injured child on a stretcher and on the way to the hospital in a rush.
Another reader reports: “He has a concussion, staples, scrapes, sore, etc. As far as they can see no broken bones. He is in bad shape though. At first not sure if [he] would make it, but just pray please. He’s only 3.”
In our earlier Facebook post there was some heated discussion about whether parents watch their children closely enough, whether it was an appropriate thing to discuss at a time like this, and whether it was unprofessional for us to post the story as we did.
Post by West Boca News.
We’re not professional journalists. We’re amateurs and we’re learning. We don’t make any significant money on this venture and are essentially working as volunteers, though we do hope it will grow into something more.
In the articles we write on the West Boca News website we do try to be more professional. In Facebook posts like this we post more raw and early material from readers, which sometimes leads to other readers sending us more information so that we can write a complete story on the website. That community input helps us write better articles.
One commenter pointed to the Palm Beach Post article as “professional.” It had three sentences and no pictures. If professional means that, we hope we never get there.
Another Motorcycle Accident: Lyons & Glades
One of our readers provided a detailed report of an accident this morning at Lyons & Glades.
5am… Motorcycle accident just west of Lyons on glades. Looks like rider taken away in ambulance. Can’t tell if another vehicle or bike. Cops and fire trucks all over area. Happened at entrance to busy body gym, stallones, etc
That entrance is actually west of Lyons, across from Millers Ale House. It’s on the north (westbound) side of Glades.
There is one vehicle being held by police at entrance to plaza so it may be a case of rider trying to avoid car and drops bike.
5:20 traffic flowing freely
5:46 ambulance shows up for female (age 50ish) in newer model camaro. Can see everything from gym
Leaving gym. Bike still on road with police at scene. Gym manager went out and was told driver clipped motorcycle. When I left she was still speaking with cops being consoled by other folks from gym
Another reader reported the accident to us after 7 am, so clearing it up took some time.
We happened to drive through there at 8:30 am and it had been cleared up by then.
We thank our readers for informing us about these incidents.
Two accidents: Glades and also Lyons
We have two reports of accidents. One, on Lyons near Whisper Walk, has probably cleared up by now.
The other one is on Glades east of the Turnpike, and we’re still seeing traffic backed up on Glades westbound.
