The truck driver who died in a crash along with a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on Friday was identified Wednesday by the agency as a 55-year-old man from Homestead.
FHP listed him as Arsenio Mas
Images of Mas on his Facebook page were approved to use for WPTV by a family member.
No other information was available on the semi-driver, who died at the scene.
Originally the agency said they would only be releasing the age and city of the victim and not the name “out of respect” to his family.
This is despite December’s ruling by the Florida Supreme Court that Marsy’s law “does not secure a victim’s right to unanimity.”
Marsy’s Law was passed as a constitutional amendment in 2018 designed to protect crime victims’ privacy.
The truck driver was killed in a collision with the cruiser of Zachary Fink, 26, early Friday.
Fink had been pursuing a felon on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office on Monday released an arrest report on chasing the suspect before and after the crash. FHP also gave limited details on the crahs.
Michael Addison, 30, of Lauderdale Lakes, is facing several charges in connection to the deaths of Fink and the truck driver.
Fink, a three-year veteran of the agency, was pursuing a person who was driving a white Kia in a “reckless manner” and speeding over 100 mph on I-95 just before 3 a.m.
Just south of Crosstown Parkway, the Kia attempted to make a U-turn to drive north in the southbound lanes to escape the pursuit.
Fisk then collided with Mas’ truck.
The driver took off on foot, triggering a massive, multi-agency manhunt, according to FHP.
Fink was flown to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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