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PASCO COUNTY, FL – One driver was killed and another injured when their vehicles collided in Pasco County early Saturday morning, according to a WTSP report.

An investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol determined that a man was driving a Corvette at a high rate of speed on westbound State Road 54 at about 3 a.m. when he lost control on a curve east of Starkey Boulevard.  The Corvette went across the center median, rotated, and entered the path of an eastbound Mercedes C300, resulting in a collision.  The impact caused the Corvette to catch fire.

The Corvette driver, a 23-year-old man from Port Richey, died at the scene.  The other driver, a 43-year-old Hudson man, was hospitalized with serious injuries.

PASCO COUNTY, FL – A two-vehicle wreck at a Pasco County intersection Thursday night left one of the drivers dead, WTVT reports.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a Chevy Silverado was headed east on County Line Road at about 7:45 p.m., and went through a red light at the corner of U.S. 41.   The Silverado slammed into a Toyota Tundra that was going north on U.S. 41, killing the Tundra driver, a 69-year-old Land O’Lakes man.

The Silverado driver, a 38-year-old San Antonio man, sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.

PASCO COUNTY, FL – A multi-vehicle collision in Pasco County Wednesday morning left one of the drivers seriously injured, WTSP reports.

The  accident happened in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 at about 7:45 a.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol said it began when the driver of a car changed lanes into the path of a semi-truck and was hit by the semi.  The car then hit a vehicle that was stopped in traffic.

The semi-truck continued forward and hit a pickup truck  and another semi that were also stopped in the traffic.  The driver of the pickup truck, a 50-year-old Brooksville man, was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.