Giorgio Del Mastro, 68, a resident of Ontario, was killed late Saturday night after the BMW he was driving collided with a wandering bull on I-95 just south of the intersection with State Road 100 in Palm Coast.
That collision triggered a series of other collisions that ended up involving six more vehicles, two of them tractor trailers, and sending six people to hospitals–two to Halifax hospital in Daytona Beach, including a trauma alert, three to AdventHealth Daytona Beach, and one to AdventHealth Palm Coast, according to that night’s 911 notes.
The bull was also killed and ended up on the side of the road.
The crash took place at mile marker 280 in the northbound lanes of I-95 at 10:32 p.m. It’s unclear why the bull was wandering in that area or how it had gotten there at all. The Florida Highway Patrol has not yet determined the complete sequence of the crashes.
Among those involved were a 7-year-old child and a pregnant woman.
After the crash a driver passing by stopped and put on her flashers, trying to stop traffic. One of the callers to 911 reported seeing a large SUV “go airborne and flip,” likely referring to Del Mastro’s vehicle.
Pasqualina del Mastro, a woman whose age FHP did not disclose, was the passenger in the 2013 BMW X5 Giorgio del Pasqualo was driving. She was seriously injured and was one of the two patients taken to Halifax.
The other was Kaycie Adams, 25, of St. Augustine, who had minor injuries after her 2008 Honda was involved in the crash.
Gerry Aguaveva, 50, of Jacksonville, was driving a 2006 Toyota Camry. He had minor injuries. Ermes Cabrera, 73, was driving a 2013 Volvo Semi and had minor injuries. Jessica Gawel, 42, was at the wheel of a 2019 Ford Expedition and had minor injuries. Ricki Leahy, 20, of Pennsylvania (FHP did not specify a town), was at the wheel of a 2019 Kia Forte and had minor injuries. Another individual in a Toyota Highlander was also involved in the crash but was not named in the FHP report, and did not sustain injuries.
I-95 northbound was shut down at Old Dixie Highway and remained either shut down or limited to restricted traffic until after 7 a.m. on Sunday.
The Palm Coast Fire Department, Flagler County Fire Rescue, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the Palm Coast Fire Police all responded to the scene, and Roger’s Towing of Bunnell towed the vehicles.
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Hmmmm... says
Talk about your time to go…….what are the chances.A wandering Bull standing in the middle of 95…
Robert clinton says
This is so tragic , sad and certainly should have never happened.
However , we live in a self centered , often uncaring world where , taking responsibility for our actions has almost disappeared !
The owner of this animal ( bull ) should be severely reprimanded and fined for whatever reason this animal was loose !
T.J says
Im sorry Robert but you can’t exactly keep an eye on a herd of cattle 24/7 but I guess you can’t comprehend that.
Anon says
No you can’t. But the fencing should be checked every so often. To make sure nothing like this does happen again.
Ben Dover says
Flaglerlive , Hello , can you do a follow up and find out how a bull got on the highway? its been almost a week now with no answers , and the really sad part is this guy Kevin trying to make a joke out of it , if there is a break in the fence it needs to be repaired so this does not happen again ,, another question I have is why the hell were there like 30 cops on 95 Tuesday between Rte 100 and Old Dixie Hwy , they were scattered for like a mile mostly on northbound lane , but some motorcycle cops and a few cars were in the turn a round close to southbound roadway which caused everyone to move over out of left passing lane into middle lane and it almost caused a pile up , everyone was having to jam brakes on to avoid that from happening , there was no accident , was it a speed trap? it was very dangerous , they could of gotten people killed doing it , my heart was in my throat for ten minutes afterward, could you please see if you can find out what the hell they were doing?
Veronica says
Really? People died.
If you can’t check your fences and protect your profits (your cattle) then find something with less responsibility.
I am sure a civil court would find the owner liable.
Steve says
This was my buddies neighbor, just had them over for dinner the other nite. Just beautiful people. Very sad 😢
Ben Dover says
I`m trying to find out where the hell the bull came from ,95 has a fence that runs along the highway on both sides , I can see a deer maybe jumping the fence , but not a bull , it`s why we have a bridge strictly for animals to cross just pass the Matanzas Woods over pass , that fence runs the length of the highway , its just inside the tree line , did it maybe get out of the back of a transport vehicle?
Kevin says
Sad, that is some real bullshit.