PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a multi-vehicle accident in Pasco County claimed the life of one of the drivers involved.
WTVT reports the crash occurred Friday afternoon on US-301 near Wire Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. According to the FHP, a man was driving a pickup truck northbound when he lost control while trying to change lanes.
The pickup truck went through the grass median and crashed nearly head-on into a sedan that was traveling south on US-301, causing the pickup to overturn. The sedan then rotated and was hit on its left side by a third vehicle, an SUV.
The driver of the sedan, a 66-year-old man from Zephyrhills, suffered fatal injuries in the crash.
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