Coconut Creek woman killed while driving to see dying husband
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- A woman driving to see her dying husband in a hospital was killed after her car plunged into a canal, authorities said. The husband died about six hours later.
Irma Charlot, 74, of Coconut Creek was driving to Northwest Medical Center in Margate about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when she lost control of her car, police said. She was pulled from the vehicle and rescue workers performed CPR . Charlot was pronounced dead at the same hospital where her husband of 47 years was.
That afternoon, Jean Joseph Charlot, 80, died from kidney failure.
Irma Charlot may have fallen asleep while driving and missed a bend in the road, police spokeswoman Judie Banks said. Charlot was lacking sleep because she spent a lot of time at the hospital with her husband, Banks said.
"They were inseparable," said their niece, Tamika DeGuerre, of Lauderhill. "For years we said if one goes, the other one's going to go too. It's unbelievable. They were so close."
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- A woman driving to see her dying husband in a hospital was killed after her car plunged into a canal, authorities said. The husband died about six hours later.
Irma Charlot, 74, of Coconut Creek was driving to Northwest Medical Center in Margate about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when she lost control of her car, police said. She was pulled from the vehicle and rescue workers performed CPR . Charlot was pronounced dead at the same hospital where her husband of 47 years was.
That afternoon, Jean Joseph Charlot, 80, died from kidney failure.
Irma Charlot may have fallen asleep while driving and missed a bend in the road, police spokeswoman Judie Banks said. Charlot was lacking sleep because she spent a lot of time at the hospital with her husband, Banks said.
"They were inseparable," said their niece, Tamika DeGuerre, of Lauderhill. "For years we said if one goes, the other one's going to go too. It's unbelievable. They were so close."
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