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LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal single-vehicle accident that occurred in Lake County early Saturday morning.

According to WKMG, a 27-year-old man was driving north on County Road when the incident occurred at about 5:12 a.m.  The FHP said the driver lost control of his 2016 Nissan Versa near Dairy Road and ran off the road, where the car crashed into a tree.

The driver, an Umatilla resident, died after being transported to an area hospital.  He was not believed to have been wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

GROVELAND, FL – A collision between two vehicles in Lake County on Tuesday afternoon left three people dead, reports the Leesburg News.

The Florida Highway Patrol released details of the incident that occurred in the area of County Road 33 and Bridges Road in Groveland at about 2 p.m.

According to state troopers, the driver of a 2018 Ford Explorer SUV was headed east on Bridges Road and pulled directly into the path of a dump truck.

LEESBURG, FL – A two-car collision in Lake County on Sunday afternoon claimed the life of an elderly driver, WESH reports.

The crash happened at the intersection of US 27 and Plantation Boulevard in Leesburg.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a sedan was headed south on US 27 in the inside lane at about 4:13 p.m., and was not able to stop in time for the traffic light.

LAKE COUNTY, FL – A collision on Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County Thursday morning sent both drivers to the hospital, WKMG reported.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the incident in the turnpike’s southbound lanes near County Road 470.  State troopers said the driver of a 2010 Hyundai Tucson, a 49-year-old woman, was critically injured and transported to an area hospital.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 2015 Ford F-250, was a 28-year-old man from Clearwater.  He was also hospitalized but no details were released on his condition.

LAKE COUNTY, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Lake County early Tuesday morning left the driver dead, reports the Villages-News.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the victim was a 26-year-old man from Lady Lake.  State troopers said he was driving a 2012 Ford Escape on the Florida Turnpike at about 3:30 a.m. when he went off the right shoulder of the roadway near mile marker 286 in the vicinity of U.S. 27.

The vehicle overturned multiple times and the driver was ejected.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.  The man was not wearing his seat belt at the time, the FHP said.