Three-Vehicle Crash on W 23rd Street, Minor Injuries Reported
Wed Sep 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM CT · PANAMA CITY · Bay County
Three-Vehicle Crash on W 23rd Street, Minor Injuries Reported
Three vehicles collided in front of the Regal theater on West 23rd Street near Frankford Avenue around 2:20 PM. Fire and EMS responded; one person was reported with a minor mouth injury.
Expect slow traffic through the retail corridor while crews clear the scene.
What we know
- Reported: Wed Sep 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM CT
- Location: W 23rd St near Frankford Ave, in front of Regal theater
- Community: PANAMA CITY
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | Three vehicles collided in front of the Regal theater on West 23rd Street near Frankford Avenue around 2:20 PM. Fire and EMS responded; one person was reported with a minor mouth injury. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | Cause, citations and how long traffic was affected. |
Dispatch timeline
Call heard on Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch.
No further radio traffic about this call is in the clip we have. This page is updated if an agency releases more.
Source: Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch audio, auto-transcribed.
If you were involved in a crash
- Florida requires you to call law enforcement for a crash with an injury, a fatality, a hit-and-run, a DUI, or when a vehicle needs a wrecker.
- Crash reports are handled by the investigating agency and filed with the state. You can request yours from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles crash-report page.
Source: Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports
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