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CITRUS COUNTY, FL – The driver charged in a car accident that killed three people in Citrus County has pleaded no contest in the case, according to a report by the Citrus County Chronicle.
56-year-old Phillip Sawhill of Land O’Lakes will be sentenced Oct. 4 on three counts of second-degree vehicular homicide.
The crash took place Dec. 24, 2019 near the intersection of South Pleasant Grove Road and East Amy Lane near Inverness. Authorities said Sawhill was driving a Toyota Highlander and trying to pass five other northbound vehicles in a no-passing zone on South Pleasant Grove Road. His vehicle collided with a Kia Optima that was headed south. Three people in the Kia, ages 86, 85 and 62, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Sawhill was seriously injured in the wreck, and was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol in November 2020. He will face up to 15 years in prison on each of the three charges when he is sentenced by Citrus County Circuit Judge Richard Howard.
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