PASCO COUNTY, FL – A truck and an SUV were involved in a fatal collision in Pasco County on Wednesday afternoon, WFTS reports.
The Florida Highway Patrol was called to the scene on State Road 52 after the wreck took place shortly before 2 p.m. The FHP’s investigation determined that a woman was driving west in a Ford Explorer when she made a U-turn. The Ford crashed into an international cargo truck that was going east on SR-52. The two vehicles ended up on the outside shoulder of the road.
The Ford driver, a 37-year-old resident of Wesley Chapel, died after being taken to an area hospital. The truck driver, a 51-year-old man from Orlando, was hospitalized with minor injuries.