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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Homosassa woman dies in
single-vehicle crash
A traffic crash in Citrus County, Nov. 12 at 5:22 p.m., resulted in the death of a
Homosassa woman, According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Kimberly June Bass, 45, was
pronounced deceased at 5:52 p.m. by paramedic David Mejia of Nature Coast Emergency
Medical Services.
The preliminary investigation indicates that Ms. Bass was traveling west on C.R.
480 (W. Stage Coach Trail), and for unknown reasons, lost control of her vehicle, a 1993
Dodge, while nearing Lecanto Hwy. Bass’ vehicle left the road and went onto the north
shoulder of the road where it spun clockwise, then overturned, striking a barbed wire fence
and several trees before stoppiing on its roof, facing west to northwest, on the property of
129 W. Stage Coach Tr. According to the report, the crash remains under investigation.
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erations Center in Inverness for an interview. Heard told the detective that he’d been fired
from his job. He said he’d received his last paycheck, that same day, from Cody’s. He said
he’d cashed his paycheck and spent the entire check on crack cocaine. He said he wanted to
buy some more crack cocaine, and he pulled into the liquor store. He said he walked around
the store, thinking about robbing it, then he walked up to the clerk and robbed him. He
said, after he fled from the liquor store, he purchased more crack cocaine and some scratch-
off lottery tickets. He said he was driving around, aimlessly, because his conscience was
bothering him, when the three law enforcement officers in different patrol vehicles pulled
him over. Heard was taken to the Citrus County Detention Facility where his bond was set
Still having a sense of humor after a freak accident, Susan Steinhorst of Inglis last
at $50,000. According to Gail Tierney, CCSO Public Information Officer, detectives were
week declared “I got the first 8 point buck of the season.” Stranger yet, Susan was traveling
planning on serving a search warrant on Heard’s vehicle on Nov. 10.
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east on Hwy 40 around noon in their Jeep and their neighbor was traveling west, passing in
front of Rivals. At that point a large 8 point buck jumped out of the woods, leaped to miss
both westbound lanes of the road. The patrol car came to rest, facing northeast, in the inside,
the neighbor’s vehicle and landed in the middle of the Jeep windshield. Susan said she never
westbound lane of the road.
even saw it coming.
CCSO Public Information Officer Gail Tierney said that both of the drivers were
Law enforcement, paramedics and William Moffett, new Inglis Animal Control re-
transported by air to Shand’s Hospital in Gainesville, where the elderly man later died. Dep.
sponded. It was quite a scene. I had received a call from a friend who said one passerby
Cridland, who was taken to the hospital as a “precautionary measure,” said Tierney, was not
thought it was a body in a body bag on the side of the road which added more excitement to
seriously injured and later released.
the story. I hurried there thinking this was the story of the week only to find the”body” gone
and Susan standing by the parked jeep. Susan said she was checked out for the splattered
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glass as well as their large dog in the front seat. Moffett gave the 2 large family pets a ride
home and a tow truck was called. Photo and story by Sally Price
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