Elderly driver killed in crash after driver lost control of pickup truck

Jeff Jones

DELTONA, FL – An 84-year-old Deltona man lost his life Friday afternoon in a traffic crash on East Normandy Boulevard and Clay Court that critically injured two other Deltona residents.

A preliminary investigation shows the driver of a 2003 Dodge Ram was driving northeast on East Normandy when he lost control of his vehicle, causing it to spin into oncoming traffic. The truck struck a 2015 Volkswagen sedan being driven by Donald Glenn Fisher, 84. Fisher was declared deceased at the scene.

His male passenger, Thomas Allen Snip, 79, and the Dodge truck driver, Robert Earl Shavers Jr., 45, were both transported by ambulance to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Snip and Shavers both of Deltona, remain in critical condition. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is continuing to investigate this crash.

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