[B]Early morning accident kills Santa Rosa Beach couple[/B] Staff Reports 2007-04-25 Comment on this Story | Read Comments A Santa Rosa Beach couple is dead after a 2:30 a.m. accident today on U.S. Highway 98 near the intersection with Sandestin Boulevard. Roberta Mahaffey, who was 72, died at the scene. Her husband, 75-year-old Ernest Mahaffey, was flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, where he later died. The Mahaffey?s van was struck by a Jeep Wrangler driven by 19-year-old Nicholas Chesser of Destin, according to reports from the Florida Highway Patrol. Chesser?s vehicle crossed the center line and struck the Mahaffey?s van. Chesser was flown to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, where he is in serious condition. [B]Neither the Mahaffeys nor Chesser were wearing seatbelts, according to the reports.[/B] :(
