JULY 23 — A traffic accident in The Acreage claimed the life of a Wellington teenager on Wednesday. According to a PBSO report, a 1999 Ford F-250 driven by David Rafferty Jr., 31 of The Acreage, was travelling northbound on Avocado Blvd. and approaching Persimmon Blvd. when Rafferty noticed a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, driven by 18-year-old Lindsey Zaremba of Wellington, begin to enter the intersection from a stop sign. Zaremba was westbound on Persimmon Blvd., attempting to turn left, when Rafferty tried to avoid Zaremba's car, he collided with her driver's side door. Zaremba was pronounced dead on the scene.

From Palm West Almanac for July 25, 2003