92-year-old driver dies six days after SUV crash near Boynton Beach

BOYNTON BEACH – A 92-year-old man has died from injuries sustained in a crash near Boynton Beach this week, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office reported.

Investigators identified the man as Robert Stein of suburban Boynton Beach.

Stein died Wednesday, Aug. 14, six days after crashing his 2023 Chevrolet Equinox SUV into a tree, the sheriff's office said. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 3900 block of Boynton Beach Boulevard, near Lawrence Road.

Stein was driving west on Boynton Beach Boulevard approaching the intersection at Lawrence when he failed to notice traffic slowing ahead of him, the sheriff's office said. He then abruptly changed lanes and drove across two lanes of traffic before driving over a curb and sidewalk onto the grass verge.