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LAKE COUNTY, FL – Authorities said a car accident in Lake County Sunday morning left two people injured, one critically.

According to WKMG, a driver was headed east on County Road 42 in an Acura SUV when the crash happened at about 11:20 a.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver lost control of the vehicle near 10th Street, entered the westbound travel lane and westbound shoulder, then overcorrected.  The SUV went back into eastbound lane and off the roadway before colliding with a tree on the east shoulder.

The driver, a 27-year-old woman, was critically injured while her passenger, a 26-year-old man, sustained minor injuries.  Both were airlifted to area hospitals.

LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a collision in Lake County on Friday evening left one person dead and two others injured.

A report by WKMG states that the accident happened on the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 276 shortly before 10 p.m.

An investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol determined that the driver of a BMW X3 SUV made an improper lane change while heading south on the Turnpike in the inside lane.

LAKE COUNTY, FL – A car crash in Lake County early Friday morning left one driver dead and another injured, WESH reports.

The accident happened on the Florida Turnpike in the Howey-In-The-Hills area at about 3 a.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol’s initial investigation found that a woman was driving a Buick Century south on the turnpike approaching Howey Road when she started to slow down.

A man driving behind her in a Kia Sorento failed to slow down and crashed into the back of the woman’s vehicle.  The woman, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The other driver, a 39-year-old man from Orlando, was seriously injured.  He was listed in serious but stable condition after being taken to South Lake Hospital.

CLERMONT, FL – A collision between two vehicles in Lake County early Sunday morning left one person dead and three others injured, WESH reports.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man was driving an SUV westbound on County Road 474 in Clermont when the incident happened at about 3 a.m.  State troopers said the SUV driver made a wide right turn onto State Road 33, crossed over the middle line and struck the front of an RV going south on State Road 33.

The SUV driver, a 35-year-old man from Miami Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Three people in the RV, ages 54, 51 and 48, were hospitalized with minor injuries.