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CatWoman

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 06:32 PM Aug 2012

Zimmerman's Biggest Supporter's Son Dies In Car Accident

Vincent Francis Taaffe, the son of outspoken George Zimmerman supporter Frank Taaffe, was killed today after crashing off an Ormond Beach-area roadway early Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

As reported by the Orlando Sentinel:

Troopers said in a statement that the pair were southbound on John Anderson Highway approaching a right-hand curve to Walter Boardman Lane when in a 2004 Jeep when the 30-year-old driver Vincent Francis Taaffe "failed to negotiate the curve."

The Jeep went onto the shoulder, troopers say, where it struck a warning sign and a large tree. Taaffe, a resident of DeLand, and his passenger, 31-year-old Everson, Wash., resident Justin Thomas Head, were declared dead at the scene.

The Orlando Sentinel included Taaffe in its "Central Floridians On Duty" series in 2003, when he was serving in the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.

Read more: http://globalgrind.com/news/george-zimmerman-friend-frank-taaffe-son-dies-car-accident-details#ixzz23qTlaBSB

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Zimmerman's Biggest Supporter's Son Dies In Car Accident (Original Post) CatWoman Aug 2012 OP
May he rest in peace. Sincere condolences to the family nt Xipe Totec Aug 2012 #1
I'm so sorry for his family. Control-Z Aug 2012 #2
I Know Him DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2012 #3
man, that sucks onethatcares Aug 2012 #4
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