In a rare mishap, a disoriented 400-pound female loggerhead sea turtle was fatally struck by vehicles Wednesday morning on State Road A1A in unincorporated Indialantic, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
The mortally wounded loggerhead was reported about 5:30 a.m. just south of Paradise Beach, said Erin Seney, assistant research scientist with the University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group. [TRENDING: 2 teens found slain in Fla. | Bikini-clad woman: ‘Jealous’ manager called cops | ‘Cold-blooded murder:’ Sheriff discusses death of 13-year-old] “In the case of this turtle, there were very clear signs on the beach that she had emerged from the ocean and tried several times to dig a nest,” Seney said. “And as she moved along