MELBOURNE POLICE: 79-Year-Old Melbourne Man Dies in Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash On Post Road

By  //  December 30, 2022

Paul Sylvester Lijeski was traveling on Post Road when he left the road and struck a tree

Melbourne Police: Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Post Road, west of Wickham Road on Friday afternoon that killed 79-year-old Paul Sylvester Lijeski from Melbourne.

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Melbourne police officers responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Post Road, west of Wickham Road on Friday afternoon that killed 79-year-old Paul Sylvester Lijeski from Melbourne.

According to police officials, officers discovered that the driver had life-threatening injuries.

Lijeski was transported to Melbourne Regional Hospital where he succumbed to those injuries.

“The initial investigation reveals the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Post Road when he left the travel lanes and struck a tree,” said a Melbourne Police spokesperson.

The Selective Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating this crash as a Traffic Homicide Investigation.

If you have any information regarding this investigation, please call Traffic Homicide Investigator Officer Koubek at 321-616-5033.

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