Published on Thursday, January 26, 2006
in the Daytona Beach News-Journal

Trooper's condition improves

A rookie state trooper from Palm Coast has been moved to a regular hospital room in Miami after a highway collision when a pickup crashed into his parked patrol cruiser.

Trooper Darryl Haywood Jr.'s condition is still improving, Florida Highway Patrol officials said.

On Tuesday Haywood Jr. was moved from Ryder Trauma Center to a regular room at Jackson Memorial Hospital, troopers said.

He was eating, talking and generally improving, FHP Lt. Tim Frith said.

Haywood Jr., injured Sunday in Broward County, is the son of Trooper Darryl Haywood, who was killed in 2004 while chasing a motorcyclist on Interstate 4 in Volusia County.