Overview
- A passerby spotted a rear bumper protruding from the water near the West Cocoa Beach Causeway and rescue crews found the lone occupant dead in the driver’s seat of a submerged 2023 Nissan Altima in about eight feet of water.
- Cocoa Beach police say the car left the roadway while traveling at a high rate of speed and that no foul play is suspected in the incident.
- The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team assisted Cocoa Beach Fire Rescue in recovering the vehicle and the occupant from the Banana River relief bridge area.
- The crash is an active traffic investigation and police have asked anyone with information to contact Cocoa Beach detectives at 321-868-3264; officials did not release the man’s name.
- The case highlights the risks of high speed on causeway roadways and could prompt scene processing, autopsy and toxicology tests as investigators work to confirm the final cause of the crash.