Crime & Public Safety
Ocala police identify two people died after SUV collision; officer interaction under review
Ocala police have identified two people who died after a collision between a minivan and an SUV in Ocala. The department confirmed the victims as De Lawn Marshall Duncan, 51, and her son, Eric Derick Maurice McGill, 31.
According to the account released by local authorities, earlier the same evening an Ocala police officer encountered the minivan stopped in the middle of SR 200 and questioned the occupants. The officer then released them. Minutes after that interaction, the minivan and an SUV collided; two brothers riding in the SUV were reported hurt.
The Ocala Police Department has released the victims’ names and has opened an internal investigation concerning the officer who questioned the minivan occupants before the crash. The department’s statements confirm the sequence that the contact occurred, the subsequent release, and then the fatal collision.
At this time the documented facts are the identity and ages of the deceased, that two brothers in the SUV were injured, the prior officer contact with the minivan on SR 200, and that an internal investigation has been initiated. No additional outcomes, charges, or determinations of fault have been reported by the investigating agency in the supplied account.
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