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Derek Wiggins was driving the blue Ford car in the foreground when he crashed into a tree on Sikes Road early Saturday. He lost his life as a result of the accident. Robert Preston, Jr./DouglasNow.com Derek Wiggins was driving the blue Ford car in the foreground when he crashed into a tree on Sikes Road early Saturday. He lost his life as a result of the accident.

A Douglas man lost his life in a one-vehicle accident on a dirt road early Saturday morning.

The cause of the accident and the circumstances surround it remain a mystery. However, what is known that Derek Wiggins of Douglas crashed the Ford car he was driving early Saturday on Sikes Road in the Huffer community.

Wiggins was traveling south on Sikes Road when he apparently lost control of the car. The car crashed through a fence and struck a pine tree directly on the driver’s side front door. Wiggins died as a result of the accident. A nearby resident found the wreck about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Wiggins had already expired when the crash was found.

The accident remains under investigation.

Last modified onSaturday, 15 October 2016 16:01
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