ONE DEAD IN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN COOPER CITY

Broward Sheriff's Office: Public Information Office
ONE DEAD IN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN COOPER CITY
PIO Number:
22-5-11
BSO Case Number:
16-2205-00407
Date:
May 8, 2022
Time:
11:41 p.m. 
Jurisdiction:
Cooper City 
Place of Occurrence:
3200 Pine Island Road, Cooper City
Driver:
William Watts, 63, male, 1980 S.W. 83rd Ter., Davie (DECEASED)
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal crash that killed a man in Cooper City late Sunday night. 

According to investigators, at approximately 11:41 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, the driver of a 2017 Nissan Altima was traveling southbound in the 3200 block of Pine Island Road. For an unknown reason, the driver, William Watts, veered off the roadway and struck the curb on the west side of the road. After striking the curb, Watts then veered toward the center median where his vehicle sideswiped a tree and then hit another tree head-on.

Watts was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Preliminary investigation determined that no other vehicle was involved.

INVESTIGATORS:
Det. C. De Jesus, THI
Det. C. Greetham, THI

THIS REPORT BY:
Miranda Grossman/PIO
5/9/2022 1515

Sgt. R. Hager, THI

Cooper City, BSFR