Last Updated: Friday, 1:54 p.m.
Note: Logan Goodman’s obituary is here. Visitation for Logan will be held at Clymer Funeral Home & Cremations on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Logan Goodman, 14, a student at Indian Trails Middle School, was killed and Joey Renn, 20, is in critical condition following a single motorcycle crash this evening on Blare Castle Drive in Palm Coast’s Woodlands.
Renn was driving the motorcycle, with Goodman as his passenger, according to a Florida Highway Patrol trooper at the scene.
The crash took place at 7:30 p.m. when Renn’s motorcycle, a 2008 Suzuki GSXR 750, was going east, halfway through the stretch of Blare Castle between Blakefield Drive and Blare Drive. Blare Castle curves at that halfway point. Renn “didn’t even attempt to negotiate the curve,” the FHP trooper said, and slammed the motorcycle into a wooden electric pole after crashing through a mailbox.
A caller to 911 estimated the motorcyclist was going at 100 mph. The trooper said Renn was clearly going past the speed limit. The violence of the crash knocked the electric pole’s light fixture to the ground and knocked power out for a few customers. The impact of the crash sent the motorcycle’s battery flying far enough to strike the side of a parked SUV in the driveway, in front of 51 Blare Castle, near where the crash took place. The motorcycle was “completely destroyed,” the trooper said.
The Florida Highway Patrol was sending a team of four traffic homicide investigators from Jacksonville to conduct the investigation, which was expected to take about six hours. Authorities notified the parents of the Logan Goodman, who lives in the Woodlands, across the street from the crash scene. Goodman and Renn are not related. Renn is a Palm Coast resident, though it wasn’t yet clear from where in the city. He was transported by ground to Halifax hospital in Daytona Beach. On his Facebook page, Renn describes himself as a Flagler Palm Coast High School “Alumni and Staff.” A district spokesman said Renn is not an employee.
A Florida Power and Light utility worker restored power shortly after 8 p.m.
Flagler County Fire Rescue and the Palm Coast Fire Department, along with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the scene, as did the Palm Coast Fire Police, though traffic was not being regulated so much as blocked within the area of the crash scene: the sheriff’s office stretched crime-scene tape across the road, blocking off the few properties within that zone. Traffic was unimpeded on either side of the zone. The Woodlands, an older part of town, is a particularly quiet, low-traffic area, though Blare Drive, where Blare Castle dead-ends, is often used as a cut-through by traffic between Colbert Lane and Old Kings Road. Barely a sound could be heard along the road on either side of the crime scene Thursday evening but for the low voices of troopers and and other authorities, and occasional neighbors stepping out to find out what was taking place.
A helmet was found at the scene of the crash, but it wasn’t clear to which of the two riders it belonged, the FHP trooper said. The FHP’s brief crash report marks it as unknown whether either victim wore a helmet. Renn, a law enforcement officer told troopers, did not seem to have the smell of alcohol on his breath, though the investigation is in its earliest stages.
Flagler Schools Superintendent Jim Tager, who was in Tallahassee this evening with several school board members, for the winter meeting of the Florida School Board Association, relayed a message through his spokesman: “I join the school board and the entire Flagler Schools community in saying we are deeply saddened for the family and will assist in any way possible in this sad event. In a small community it is never easy to accept when someone this young passes.”
The district is mobilizing a crisis response team to be present at Indian Trails Middle School, with counselors and psychologists present for students, faculty and staff as needed.
By Friday, the foot of the utility pole had turned into a small memorial of flowers and a figurine, the severed light fixture and a couple of paramedics’ black gloves still in the grass behind it.
It is the fifth time in less than four years that a school-age child in or from Palm Coast has died in traffic-related incidents. Almost exactly a year ago, in early January, an 8-year-old Palm Coast boy was killed when his grandfather’s vehicle pinned him in a garage in Edgewater. In November 2017, a 10-year-old girl was killed when the vehicle she was riding in rolled on I-95. The driver of the vehicle, Thomas Rando, who was facing prosecution in that crash, died of a drug overdose on Saturday. Earlier that year a 16-year-old Matanzas High School girl was killed by a passing car as she was walking on a street in on Lakeview Boulevard. And weeks earlier, on the last day of 2016, a 16-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run as he was cycling on Old Kings Road. The driver in the hit-and-run is still at large.
Dennis says
Very sad. Brings a tear to your eye when someone that young dies needless.
MamaLyssa says
Totally preventable. 😢
C’mon man says
That’s heartbreaking to even read. I couldn’t imagine what the first responders and family must be feeling.
CB from PC says
Kids with your lives ahead of you…
Slow down because motorcycles (cars or trucks) and utility poles do not mix.
Amberleigh says
Logan was one of my best friends I will miss him with all of my heart 😭
Kyra Sproul says
Logan from everyone at ITMS we just you will be missed.
aleah says
this is so sad live long logan
JF says
My sincere condolences go out to the families!
Matt says
Rest In Peace Logan Goodman, may you always be remembered and never forgotten.. miss you bud…
Trailer Bob says
Condolences go out to the families and friends of the two in this tragic accident. If you drive too fast on a motorcycle you have a good change that it will not end well.
Regardless, it is sad news and I can only hope the surviver survives and gets well.
Melissa Rossback says
This is a horrible tragedy a needless death of a beautiful young man ❤️ You are loved Logan Goodman forever and always
johnny says
true that i knew him he lived 5 streets away
Kenny says
Slow the F down…
Sharon says
It doesn’t even matter the circumstances God help these people through this time
A says
Logan you are awesome!
All of us miss you! You were one of the only genuinely nice people I had met this year. thank you!!
everyone at school and on the bus miss you a lot man!
Rhiana says
U were a good friend logan and every body at ITMS LOVES U SOOOOOOO MUCH I WISH U WERE HERE!!!!! RIP LOGAN RIP!!!!! 😭😭😭
Bill says
So sad to hear of one young life gone another that will face a life long sentence of knowing he caused the death of another. Tell this story to your kids so maybe it can save another life.
Madison says
He was a wonderful friend to 7th and 8th graders. I wish he could’ve lived on because i know he had a wonderful live ahead of him, he was such a great kid and a funny one it hearts my heart he has passed. Rest In peace Logan….
Chris says
Thanks!
Christopher says
Thanks, it doesn’t! Two families and friends were affected and were don’t need the blame game.
Misty says
😭remember him in all happiness and he will be with you always
Kitiara says
I have known Logan since we were 6 i couldn’t stop crying this morning when I found out and kept breaking down at school. I hope his sister and brother are doing okay.
Madison says
He was my friend to. But it was an accident things like this happen everyday. But sadly it happened to him.
Faith N Oniel says
This is very sad too wake up to you best friends death rest in peace and fly high i love you so much and i will miss you so much, fly high.
Mark101 says
Something as simple as slowing down could have prevented this. Darn shame.
elise says
I will miss you it was fun hanging out with you the bus will never be the same
elise
Alyssa says
Aww Amberleigh 😭 I’ll see you during school on Monday, hopefully comfort you Im completely heart struck by this too, even though I didn’t know him, half my friends are broken because of this incident so it makes me upset.
Timothy says
Love you little buddy I’ll miss you #BurnOutsForLogan post your videos. He loved vehicles, motorbikes, and all that post your videos IV known him since he was like 10 his brother is my best bro ever.
Resident says
Thoughts and prayers for both families.
palmcoaster says
Is with a heavy heart that I present my condolences to the family, friends and school class mates of Logan…As a community we should lobby for street traffic humps in our narrow, winding no sidewalk roads and also lower speed limits so these tragedies end and totally justified if would save one life that could well have been Logan’s this time. Our sheriff supports soft street speed humps as save lives in residential roads, by city parks, schools and school bus stops, government buildings and outside and inside shopping malls. Please lets do something as no long ago we lost another young teen in in PCP east by the entrance of Canopy Walk gates also bike speed related.
Doug says
Very sad. I’ve been around and on motorcycles practically my entire and lost my mother in the early 70’s due to a motorcycle accident. You have to respect them. My condolences to the families involved.
Londen says
Does anyone know where the funeral is going to be at and what time
Bill says
Come on palmcoaster, this a tragedy for a family. We don’t need to punish the tax payers and citizens with speed humps and signage changes……the man was going a 100mph in a residential neighborhood and he can only control his behavior, not a sign or bump and certainly not my paycheck! Just be human and pray for the family!
Gilbert says
Going 100 mph is a residential area is not an accident the driver knew he was wrong and will pay for it whether it be with his life or prison
Amanda Lopez says
He was the funniest goofball that I knew. It’s gonna be a hard week to realize that your friend is no longer here. On behalf of all ITMS students that love and miss him, may all of our loving memories of him live on and our prayer reach the family. 😔😭🙏❤️
Rhiana says
yeah where/when is the funeral i want to go even tho it make me cry!
Charles says
After this tragedy has happened I am four speed bumps being put in all of our residential neighborhoods if it will help prevent another tragedy from happening our kids are well worth it if you are against speed bumps being put up because of the thing tax dollars think about if your kid was the one that was killed and a speed bump could help prevent it
Alyssa says
We will miss you deeply. You were the funniest, nicest and most lovable person at the school. To all of those who lost Logan as a friend or family member remember r=that he is in a better place and he will be missed. Logan stood up to his last name he was a Good man. You will be missed!
💔REST IN PEACE LOGAN💔
AndreA says
Man oh man where do I begin. I’ve known you for many years. You’ve always cheered the family up. Your cousin’s miss you so much. When I had to break the news to your little cousin, Ava oh, it broke her heart. All I can do is think about the good memories because that is what is pulling this household through. Friday is going to be hard. I remember how you oh so loved my system that was in the van. I remember every time I would come to Nana’s you would be the first to hug. I remember when I was at work and your nana would post pictures have you cooking on the grill. I remember you helping your nana so much even going as far as trying to cut her grass. Lord you are a Bright Young Smart individual. Us family was not ready for you to go but God has better plans for you. We love you and miss you so much. Andrea, Ava, Giovanna, and Armani
tery says
yea well hittin the brakes wouldnt have helped either
Taylor says
I’ll miss you Logan you were a great friend everyone loved/loves you and misses you I wish you were never riding on that motorcycle 😭🕊❤️Fly high Logan😭🕊❤️
Melissa says
The viewing is at clymer funeral home at 530 Wednesday 1/29
Olivia👻 says
even though i didn’t know him that well it still breaks me down in tears that another kid has died may you RIP Logan we will all miss you forever
Amanda Lopez says
Amen
Amanda Lopez says
You’re not the only one that wishes he wasn’t on that bike😭🕊❤️
Jacey hunt says
Hi my name is jacey hunt I am Logan’s cousin he meant everything to me and he was like and older brother.logan was always there for me and one time he saved my life from almost drowning and now I wonder why was I not there to save him.