Car and motorcycle crash blocks lanes on Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway near Highway 79.
Thu Oct 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM CT · PANAMA CITY BEACH · Bay County
Car and motorcycle crash blocks lanes on Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway near Highway 79. A car and a motorcycle crashed near Highway 79 and Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway on Thursday afternoon, leaving the rider on the ground and prompting a trauma alert.
Eastbound lanes were blocked and westbound lanes were briefly shut down. Details are preliminary and not yet confirmed by an official release.
What we know
- Reported: Thu Oct 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM CT
- Location: Hwy 79 & Philip Griffitts Pkwy, Panama City Beach
- Community: PANAMA CITY BEACH
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | A car and a motorcycle crashed near Highway 79 and Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway on Thursday afternoon, leaving the rider on the ground and prompting a trauma alert. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | the rider’s condition |
Dispatch timeline
A car-motorcycle crash was reported near Highway 79 and Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway; the rider was on the ground and a trauma alert was requested.
Eastbound lanes were blocked and westbound lanes were briefly shut down.
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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