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Panama City police identify Alabama woman as victim of fatal vehicle crash on Saturday

The News Herald

PANAMA CITY — Local law enforcement authorities have identified the victim of a fatal vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Panama City as an Alabama woman.

According to the Panama City Police Department, the victim was 51-year-old Starla Moore of Oxford, Alabama, who died after being transported to a local hospital. 

The accident occurred Saturday afternoon near the intersection of 23rd Street and U.S. 231. 

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PCPD officials said Moore was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 51-year-old Robert Luna of Panama City, who was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Luna struck a vehicle driven by William Stacey of Youngstown that was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection, police said. Stacey was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries and released. 

The accident remains under investigation, police said. The crash closed the intersection for more than seven hours Saturday.