UPDATED: Two dead in Tuesday morning accident
PORT ST. JOE — Two Port St. Joe residents were killed in a single-vehicle accident early Tuesday morning.
According to Gulf County Sheriff Joe Nugent, a newspaper carrier for The News Herald came upon the accident scene just east of the St. Joseph State Buffer Preserve at 4 a.m. EST.
Adam Kyle Kennedy and Canda Joy Borden, both 23, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Jason GaNung, the owner of Panama Pizzeria in Panama City Beach where Kennedy used to work, remembered the young man for his positive attitude and sense of humor.
“He was a nice young man. He had a really good, positive attitude about him. It’s a shame,” GaNung said. “Everybody got along with him because he just had that good attitude.”
Gretchen Rummell Crawford wrote on The Star newspaper’s website, “RIP Kyle n Canda. Young lives gone way too soon. Breaks my heart.”
Other friends posted on social media sites following news of the death.
“It’s like a slap in the face,” Facebook user Tavia Register wrote. “Canda Borden, I miss you so much already.”
According to law enforcement, the two were traveling toward Port St. Joe on County 30A near Heron Bay Lane when the vehicle they were riding in veered off the roadway.
According to law enforcement, Borden was behind the wheel and tried to drive back onto the roadway. As Borden did so, she overcorrected to the other side of the road and the car began to spin, hitting a pine tree and overturning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Nugent said indications are both Kennedy and Borden died instantly. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
The Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate the accident.
Below is an earlier version of this story:
PORT ST. JOE — Two Port St. Joe residents were killed in a single-vehicle accident early Tuesday morning.
According to Gulf County Sheriff Joe Nugent, a carrier for the Panama City News Herald newspaper came upon the accident scene just east of the St. Joseph State Buffer Preserve at 4 a.m. EST.
Adam Kyle Kennedy, 23, and Canda Joy Borden, 22, were traveling toward Port St. Joe when the vehicle they were riding in veered off the roadway.
