OCALA, FL – A collision on Interstate 75 in Marion County Monday morning slowed traffic for rush-hour commuters, WCJB reports.
The crash occurred on I-75 near mile marker 352 at about 6:45 a.m. It involved a Ford pickup truck and a semi-truck, and caused one person to be hospitalized with undisclosed injuries.
The wreck shut down all northbound lanes of I-75, resulting in major backups before the interstate reopened about three hours later.
PASCO COUNTY, FL – A pedestrian was killed in an accident in a store parking lot in Pasco County, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
The Florida Highway Patrol released details of the incident that occurred Feb. 28 at a CVS store in the area of Moog Road near U.S. 19. According to the FHP, the driver of a GMC pickup truck was headed east on Moog Road at about 10:35 a.m. when another motorist leaving a nearby parking lot made a turn in front of her.
When the pickup driver steered north to avoid a collision, she turned into the CVS driveway and struck a 70-year-old woman before hitting a pole. The pedestrian, a Holiday resident, was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
MARION COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a pickup truck driver died following a collision in Marion County Tuesday night, reports WKMG.
The FHP’s crash report said the incident occurred on NE 203rd Avenue Road near County Road 316 at about 9 p.m. An investigation found that the pickup driver was traveling on NE 203rd Avenue Road when he failed to stop and struck the back of another vehicle.
The pickup driver, a 61-year-old Fort McCoy man, was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital. No other injuries were reported.
GAINESVILLE, FL – Police said an elderly driver crashed their vehicle into a building in Gainesville on Monday afternoon.
WGFL reports the incident happened at Tire Outlet at 1320 North Main Street at about 2 p.m. Police said their investigation found that the driver had arrived for service at the business when his foot slid off the brake and the vehicle went into the building’s glass lobby.
A woman who was waiting in the lobby suffered cuts from the shattered glass as well as a neck injury, but her injuries were not said to be life-threatening. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
MARION COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a collision at an intersection in Marion County Monday afternoon left an elderly woman dead, WKMG reports.
Two vehicles collided in the area of State Road 35 and Southeast 92nd Loop shortly after 1 p.m. The FHP determined that the driver of an SUV was going at high speed while headed west on Southeast 92nd Loop and went through the red light at the intersection. The SUV crashed into the side of a sedan that had a green light and was going south. The driver of the sedan, an 81-year-old woman from Summerfield, died at the scene.
The driver of the SUV, a 37-year-old Fruitland Park man, was hospitalized with minor injuries.
PASCO COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a crash in Pasco County involving a wrong-way driver claimed the life of a scooter rider, reports WFLA.
The accident happened Thursday evening near the intersection of Pretty Pond Road and Chenken Road.
According to the FHP’s investigation, the driver of a van was going east in the westbound lanes of Pretty Pond Road and crashed nearly head-on into a motorized scooter headed east.
MARION COUNTY, FL – The driver of a pickup truck was killed when his vehicle crashed in Marion County early Wednesday morning.
According to WGFL, the victim was a 27-year-old man who was driving a Dodge pickup west on Southeast 175th Street when the accident occurred at about 12:00 a.m.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the man was driving at a high rate of speed and drove off the road onto the south shoulder. The Dodge crashed into a fence and struck multiple trees.
MARION COUNTY, FL – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for causing a fatal crash in Marion County on Nov. 7, 2019, the Ocala StarBanner reports.
The sentence was handed down Monday for 52-year-old Stephen Douglas Lynn of Ocala. The accident happened at the intersection of County Road 484 and Southeast 36th Avenue. Authorities said Lynn ws behind the wheel of a pickup truck when he went through a stop light at that location.
The pickup T-boned a Suzuki Vitara driven by 71-year-old Emilio Nunez, who had picked up his two granddaughters from school and was heading home. Nunez and the two girls, ages 9 and 7, were killed in the wreck.
OCALA, FL – Police and first responders were at the scene of a rollover accident in Ocala on Tuesday morning.
According to a Facebook post by Ocala Fire Rescue, Engine 4, Rescue 4, Squad 7, Battalion Chief 11, and a Safety Officer were dispatched to the scene at the 3900 block of W Silver Springs Boulevard shortly before 7 a.m.
They arrived to find a pickup truck on its roof, a sedan with moderate front-end damage, and the two drivers outside their vehicles. The driver of the sedan was transported to a hospital for evaluation. No one else was in the vehicles, and no other injuries were reported.
DADE CITY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said one of its patrol cars was involved in a fatal accident in Pasco County on Saturday night.
According to a report by WTSP, the incident occurred on U.S. 301 near Desrosier Road in Dade City.
The FHP said a state trooper was driving a patrol car northbound at 9:49 p.m. and struck a woman riding a bicycle near the centerline of the highway. The woman, a 40-year-old Lacoochee resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name was not immediately released.
