- BSO Case Number:
- 90-1911-003250
- Jurisdiction:
- Unincorporated Central Broward County
- Place of Occurrence:
- 3000 block of West Sunrise Boulevard, near Fort Lauderdale
- Victim(s):
- Mitchell Zuniga, 47, male, 10/20/72, 2831 Sunrise Lakes Drive, #204, Sunrise (DECEASED)
A car collision with a utility pole claimed the life of a Sunrise man early Tuesday morning.
Around 5:50 a.m. Nov. 12, Mitchell Zuniga was traveling eastbound on West Sunrise Boulevard when he veered right onto the sidewalk and struck a concrete utility pole just east of Northwest 31st Avenue. The impact of the crash caused the car to be redirected back into the eastbound thru lanes of West Sunrise Boulevard before it came to a final stop.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue pronounced Zuniga dead at the scene.
The traffic homicide investigation is ongoing.
INVESTIGATORS:
Dets. Williams & Wiley, THI
Sgt. Hager, THI
Unincorporated Central Broward; BSFR
THIS REPORT BY:
Robyn Hankerson/PIO
11/14/19 0847