BUSHNELL, FL – Authorities were at the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Lake County Friday morning that left one person dead and another injured, WKMG reports.
The fatal wreck involved a Toyota Camry and a tractor-trailer and occurred west of Bushnell. The Florida Highway Patrol learned that the driver of the Camry was going east on County Road 48 at about 6 a.m. and crossed over into the westbound lane near SW 75th Drive. The car collided nearly head-on with the truck as it was traveling west.
The driver of the Toyota, a 70-year-old man, died at the scene. His passenger, a 37-year-old woman, was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital. Both were from Dade City. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 42-year-old Lehigh Acres man, was not injured.
County Road 48 was shut down while the crash was being cleared and investigated.
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