ROAD CLOSURE: Columbia Ave. in Sebastian Nov. 18

Virus ends golf season at Sandridge; Sebastian course still open

Hoping to reduce the spread of the coronavirus locally, County Administrator Jason Brown ordered the closure of Sandridge Golf Club after the final group completed its round Friday evening – one day after the first confirmed case in the Vero Beach area last week. Sandridge Golf Director Bela Nagy said he didn’t know when the club’s two 18-hole courses – The Lakes and The Dunes, owned and operated by the county – might reopen. “It’s indefinite,” Nagy said, “but it’s safe to say we’ll be closed until the virus no longer poses a threat.” Considered one of the top public-course clubs in Florida, Sandridge remained busy last week, despite the growing threat posed by the virus. Nearly 500 rounds were ...

Woman’s car catches fire in Fellsmere

Photo provided by Fellsmere Police Department FELLSMERE — A motorist called 911 Friday afternoon after her car suddenly burst into flames while she was driving, police said. Police and fire rescue crews went to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze. "She said all the dashboard lights started flickering," Fellsmere police Sgt. Scott Newsom said. The woman was not injured. The flames originated in the engine compartment and did not spread to the grass, police and fire rescue crews said. Video provided by FPD. *Click the audio icon in the lower right hand corner for sound.   The incident happened about 1 p.m. Friday in the 8700 block of County Road 512 in Fellsmere, Indian River County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Kyle ...

Troopers ID woman killed in I-95 NB crash in Indian River County

Photo provided by Jamie Beck INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Florida highway troopers identified a woman killed in a rollover crash that blocked traffic on northbound Interstate 95 for nearly five hours Tuesday. The crash happened at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-95, near the 145 mile marker. Troopers said passenger Silvana Lopez, 50, of Lake Worth, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lopez was the only occupant not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, reports show. Another motorist traveling behind the vehicle in which Lopez was a passenger said the woman was jolted in the air during the crash. Two other women who were also passengers in the vehicle, Doris Vazquez, 41, of West Palm Beach, and Doris ...