INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The driver and the pedestrian involved in a fatal crash on Old Dixie Highway at 12th Street SW Monday have been identified.
Dawn Axiotis, 40, of Vero Beach, died after Peter Peterson, 83, of Vero Beach, hit her with his Toyota Camry, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Peterson was traveling southbound on Old Dixie Highway and Axiotis was walking southbound on the grass shoulder. For unknown reasons, Peterson traveled off the roadway and struck Axiotis.
She was transported to Lawnwood Medical Center and was later pronounced dead.
The roadway was closed between 11th Lane SW and 13th St., according to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
