CITRUS COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said three people died following a car wreck in Citrus County on Saturday evening.
The Citrus County Chronicle reports the incident occurred on Citrus Avenue near West Marquette Lane at 6:55 p.m.
According to the FHP’s investigation, the driver of a Toyota Tundra was going south on Citrus Avenue and lost control of the vehicle, crossing over the center line. The vehicle collided with a 2011 Buick Regal nearly head-on.
CITRUS SPRINGS, Fla. – A single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Citrus County woman last week, WTVT reports.
The Florida Highway Patrol released details of the incident, which happened Monday night on US 41 near Citrus Springs Boulevard. State troopers said the driver of a Jeep Patriot was traveling south on the roadway just before 11:45 p.m. when she lost control of the vehicle and veered onto the west shoulder. When the driver overcorrected, the vehicle went back across US 41 and onto the east shoulder, where it collided with a tree.
The driver, a 42-year-old Citrus Springs woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity was not immediately released.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A driver was killed when his vehicle crashed in Citrus County early Saturday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to WFTS, the victim was a 29-year-old man from Lecanto. The FHP said he was driving east on State Road 44 when he lost control of the vehicle near West Homosassa Trail at about 2:20 a.m.
The vehicle went over the grass median, overturned across the westbound lanes of State Road 44 and then ended up on the north shoulder of the road. The driver, whose name was not released, died of his injuries.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a man trying to evade law enforcement authorities was killed in a crash in Citrus County early Saturday morning.
According to WKMG, a deputy attempted a traffic stop on the driver of a Jeep Cherokee who was headed west on State Road 44 through Inverness sometime before 1:30 a.m. The FHP said the man drove away at a high rate of speed.
After deputies deployed stop sticks on County Road 491, the driver of the Jeep drove over the sticks, continued on and crossed the median of SR-44 near W Crystal Oaks Drive. The vehicle then hit a light post and a concrete wall before catching fire.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a car and a golf cart were involved in a fatal collision in Citrus County.
A report by WTVT states the accident took place Friday afternoon on West Fenway Drive near Lake Marie Terrace.
The FHP said a Nissan Rogue and a golf cart were both heading south, with the cart traveling in the bicycle lane. The driver of the Nissan Rogue, a 48-year-old man, passed the golf cart and slowed down to make a turn onto North Lake Marie Terrace, investigators said.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A teenage driver was killed and three other people were injured when their vehicle crashed in Citrus County on Saturday afternoon, according to WTVT.
The accident happened on West Fort Island Trail west of North Seabreeze Point. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 16-year-old boy was driving a Jeep Cherokee eastbound with three passengers when he lost control of the vehicle while going along a curve. The Jeep went off the roadway and overturned multiple times.
The driver and his 7-year-old brother were both thrown from the SUV. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene while the young boy was seriously injured.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A bicyclist was injured after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Citrus County Friday night, WFLA reports.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 49-year-old man was riding his bicycle on West Grover Cleveland Boulevard at about 10:25 p.m. when he was hit by an eastbound sedan. The victim, a Homosassa resident, was seriously injured and airlifted to an area hospital.
State troopers said the driver of the sedan kept going after the collision without stopping to help, and is now being sought. The bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet at the time, did have a light on his bike.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A collision involving a sedan and an ATV in Citrus County sent a young boy to the hospital, the Citrus County Chronicle reports.
The accident occurred Saturday night as both vehicles were headed south on County Road 490 near South Bolton Avenue at about 9:40 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of the sedan, a 49-year-old man, was not able to see the ATV because it had no lights and crashed into the back of the vehicle. The sedan driver then lost control and went off the road before hitting a tree.
A 4-year-old Homosassa boy who was in the second row of the ATV was flown to St. Joseph Children’s Hospital in the Tampa area with undisclosed injuries. The two drivers and three other passengers in the ATV, two women and a teenage girl, were not injured in the crash.
CITRUS COUNTY, FL – Two people were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a multi-vehicle accident involving a school bus in Citrus County, the Citrus County Chronicle reports.
The incident happened along North Dunkenfield Avenue near the intersection with North Marion May at about 3:08 p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Chevrolet HHR was stopped in the northbound lane of North Dunkenfield at about the same time a Citrus County School District bus had stopped to make a turn at the intersection.
The FHP said the driver of a Dodge Caravan did not see that the Chevrolet had stopped in front of him and rear-ended the vehicle, causing it to hit the left side of the bus as it was turning.
CRYSTAL RIVER, FL – An accident in Citrus County involving a sport utility vehicle left a driver dead, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to WFLA, the wreck happened in Crystal River Wednesday morning at about 1:30 a.m. State troopers said a 33-year-old man was driving an SUV west on Fort Island Trail and was not able to negotiate a curve in the roadway near North Seabreeze Point.
The SUV went off the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. The driver, a Lecanto resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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