A DEPUTY WHO WAS REAR ENDED BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN SUWANNEE COUNTY HAS DIED. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT ON
STATE ROAD 51 JUST SOUTH OF LIVE OAK. FHP STATED DEPUTY GARY EDWARDS WAS OFF DUTY WHEN HIS FORD RANGER WAS REAR ENDED BY 53-YEAR-OLD PEDRO LEYVA AT A HIGH SPEED.
THE DEPUTY'S TRUCK SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND SMASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE.
AND THIS EVENING THE SHERRIF OF SUWANEE COUNTY, TONY CAMERON, CONFIRMED THAT EDWARDS DIED THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF HIS INJURIES.
HERE IS THE DEPUTY'S FACEBOOK PICTURE....HE WAS SUWANNEE MIDDLE'S SCHOOL'S RESOURCE OFFICER.....EDWARDS' WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED. MEANWHILE LEYVA WAS NOT INJURED AND IS IN THE SUWANNEE COUNTY JAIL.