Panama City man killed in traffic crash
A Panama City man was killed in a traffic crash on 23rd Street Friday Evening.
Officers with the Panama City Police Department responded to the two-vehicle accident around 9:25 p.m. Friday. During their investigation, officers learned that 29-year-old Joshua Nathan Zweifel of Panama City was riding a motorcycle westbound on 23rd Street.
A Chevy truck was in the turn lane in front of Stanford Station heading east and turned into the path of the motorcycle. Zweifel laid the motorcycle down and hit the passenger side of the truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the truck, Juan Manuel Reyna Bautista, 32, was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license causing death or serious bodily injury.
The crash remains under investigation.
