Florida Department of Corrections officer Tawanna Marin dies
in Coconut Creek crash
By Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor, Ian Margol - Reporter, Andrea Torres - Digital Reporter/Producer
June 18, 2018
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - A Florida Department of Corrections officer died Monday afternoon in a crash involving a car and a dump truck in Coconut Creek, authorities said.
The Florida Department of Corrections identified the victim as Tawanna Marin.
"For more than nine years, Officer Marin served our state as a corrections officer, and we are forever grateful for her sacrifice and service to our community," an FDC statement said. "Our deepest condolences go out to her loved ones and fellow officers during this extremely difficult time."
According to Margate-Coconut Creek Fire Rescue officials the crash was in the area of Sample Road and Lyons Road.
Marin was overseeing inmates who were cleaning up the grassy area on the side of the road when the driver of a Nissan Maxima crashed into the back of the dump truck. She was trapped in between the car and the dump truck.
Marin had to be extricated and was taken to Broward Health North where doctors pronounced her dead. Authorities said the driver of the sedan was also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation into the cause of the crash remains ongoing.
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Fla. corrections officer hit, killed by vehicle while watching inmate work squad Tawanna Marin was supervising an inmate work squad when she was hit
Author: 10News Staff
Updated: 8:57 PM EDT June 18, 2018
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - A state corrections officer was killed after she was hit by a vehicle.
Tawanna Marin was supervising an inmate work squad when she was hit, the Florida Department of Corrections said.
Martin was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
“We are absolutely devastated by the tragic passing of Officer Tawanna Marin," DOC Secretary Julie Jones said in a statement. "For more than nine years, Officer Marin served our state as a corrections officer, and we are forever grateful for her sacrifice and service to our community. Our deepest condolences go out to her loved ones and fellow officers during this extremely difficult time.”