Titusville Woman Dead, Two Men Injured After Multi-Vehicle Crash on Cheney Highway
By Space Coast Daily // May 26, 2022
Woman identified as Erika Bostwick, 79, of Titusville
BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – A Titusville woman was killed and two men were injured in a multi-vehicle traffic crash that happened Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. near the 3000 block of Cheney Highway.
The preliminary investigation revealed a grey 2014 Hyundai Tucson driven by Franklyn Brookins, 87, of Cocoa failed to yield to oncoming traffic as he was making a turn from the westbound lane on Cheney Highway into the north entrance of Walmart, and was stuck on the passenger side by Erika Bostwick, 79, of Titusville, driving a silver 2009 Nissan Sentra eastbound on Cheney Highway.
Subsequently, Franklyn’s vehicle also collided with a 2013 black Dodge Challenger, driven by Paul Wilson, 62, of Titusville, which was at the stop sign exiting Walmart on Cheney Highway.
Bostwick was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead at 11:34 a.m.
The two drivers were transported to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Titusville Police Department.
