Florida deputy 'fighting for his life' following crash that killed 2 colleagues

A Florida deputy is "fighting for his life" Friday aft being critically injured successful a "horrific accident" that claimed the lives of 2 of his colleagues, officials say. 

Deputy Ignacio Diaz of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was struck Thursday connected the enarthrosis of Southern Boulevard by a pistillate operator who was trying to walk a conveyance connected her right, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. Diaz, on with Cpl. Luis Paez and Deputy Sheriff Ralph Waller, had been conducting postulation enforcement successful the area. 

"She overcompensated, got disconnected the roadworthy and past struck each 3 of the centrifugal officers, astatine which clip each 3 went airborne successful antithetic directions," Bradshaw said. 

"Hopefully helium is going to marque it," Bradshaw added regarding Diaz. "It’s a atrocious crash. We are jointly investigating this with Florida Highway Patrol." 

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Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy Ignacio "Dan" Diaz, who was critically injured Thursday aft being deed by an SUV portion conducting postulation enforcement. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)

Bradshaw said the mishap happened aft 1 of the officers made a postulation halt and past "could not get his motorcycle started, truthful helium thought helium had a dormant battery. 

"So helium called the different 2 implicit to assistance him determination the motorcycle disconnected the road. They were each 3 connected the grassy country connected the enarthrosis of the road, and they were going to hold for different PBSO conveyance to travel with immoderate artillery cables," helium continued. 

The pistillate driver, who did not look to beryllium impaired and was traveling successful a portion with a 55-mph velocity limit, suffered insignificant injuries successful the crash, the sheriff said. 

Paez and Waller were airlifted to a hospital, wherever "they worked connected them for arsenic agelong arsenic they could there," but "they were injured truthful severely they conscionable weren’t going to marque it," according to Bradshaw. 

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"Law enforcement, nationalist information and the subject are the lone professions erstwhile you permission the location and buss your household goodbye, that mightiness beryllium the past time, and here’s the illustration of it," Bradshaw said. "When a lawman dies, a portion of the assemblage dies with them. It’s tough." 

The sheriff, who besides called the mishap "horrific," said Diaz underwent country and is present successful captious but unchangeable information successful a section hospital’s ICU. 

"This is our hero, Deputy Ignacio ‘Dan’ Diaz, presently warring for his life. Deputy Diaz joined PBSO successful 2004 and has been a valued subordinate of our Motor Unit for implicit 10 years. We inquire for your thoughts and prayers for him and his household during this incredibly hard time," the sheriff’s bureau wrote connected its Facebook page. 

"Our hearts are dense arsenic we mourn the nonaccomplishment of our brothers, grant their memory, and enactment their families during this devastating time," it added successful a station announcing the deaths of Paez and Waller. 

Motorcycles belonging to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

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As of Friday, it appears nary charges person been filed pursuing the accident. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.