Driver killed when pickup crashes on CR 318 - Ocala
Jonathen Joseph Stuart Bishop, 17, was driving a Dodge Ram pickup west on County Road 318 and was coming around a curve when, for an unknown reason, he lost control and struck a sign, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Bishop's family members, who had not seen him come home and were concerned, went looking for him. FHP troopers said a call about the crash, which was in a dark stretch of CR 318 near Northwest 160th Avenue, came in shortly before 10 p. m. Family members on-scene were too distraught to talk with a reporter. "They're a wonderful, close-knit family, and you hate to see something like this happen to such a fine family in our community," said Gerald Hethcoat, mayor of Williston. "The entire faculty, staff and students are shocked and saddened with the sudden loss," Principal Eulin Gibbs said on Tuesday. Gibbs said Bishop was "an outgoing, well-loved and outstanding young man," known by just about everyone at the school. The principal, who has led the school for three years, said Bishop was the first student he spoke with on campus. Since then, Gibbs said, they've spoken just about every school day. He said grief counselors were coming to the campus on Tuesday. Before attending Williston High, Bishop went to Joyce Bullock Elementary, Williston. Source: www.ocala.com
