Jorge Alberto Miranda De Leon Obituary – A fatal motorcycle accident occurred late Thursday night in Lake Worth Beach, possibly involving alcohol or drugs. The incident involved a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office vehicle that was also struck. The incident report states that Jorge Alberto Miranda De Leon, a 27-year-old resident of West Palm Beach, was riding a 2018 Kawasaki 650 motorcycle on Dixie Highway near 4th Avenue North at around 10:30 p.m.
At that moment, a 2013 Dodge Charger, driven by an unidentified individual from Lake Worth Beach, made a left turn in front of De Leon’s motorcycle and collided with it. Despite wearing a helmet, De Leon was thrown from his motorcycle and landed on the street. The Dodge Charger then crashed into a 2015 Ford Interceptor sedan, which belonged to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and was stopped at the intersection.
The address of the sheriff’s office vehicle is listed as the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Complex at 3228 Gun Club Road. Tragically, De Leon was pronounced dead at the scene, while the drivers of the Dodge Charger and the sheriff’s office vehicle escaped injury.