Elderly Glades Sheriff's Volunteer Crashes SUV

MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- An 85-year old female, a volunteer with the Sheriff's Volunteers on Patrol program, was driving a Glades Sheriff’s Vehicle Tuesday at 11:45 am and traveling southeast on 8th Street in the Buckhead Ridge Community of Glades County. 

Driver then placed the vehicle (an SUV) in reverse gear.

Vehicle began traveling backward in a northeasterly direction across both lanes of 8th Street. As a result, the left rear of Vehicle 01 collided with a metal fence on the grassy shoulder. There was no injuries to the driver.