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BELLEVIEW, FL – A collision near Belleview Santos Elementary School on Thursday left two Ocala residents dead, reports the Ocala StarBanner.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation, the driver of a Chevy Cobalt was headed northbound on U.S. 441 South at about 5 p.m. when he entered the left turn lane to go onto Southeast 95th Street.  The Cobalt then collided at the intersection with a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that was going south on U.S. 441.  The impact sent the Toyota off the roadway where it overturned onto its roof near a utility pole.  The Chevy went off the roadway onto a shoulder close to a fence near the school.

The driver of the Chevy, a 72-year-old man from Ocala, and his passenger, a 71-year-old Ocala woman, died after being transported to HCA Florida Ocala.  The driver of the Toyota,  a 20-year-old Fort McCoy man, was seriously injured and taken to the same hospital.

MARION COUNTY, FL – A crash involving a car and a pickup truck in Marion County left one person dead and two others injured, including a toddler.

WESH reports the accident took place Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of County Road 484 and SW 95th Circle.

The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation indicated that the driver of a sedan was headed south on SW 95th Circle in the right turn lane at about 4:42 p.m.  When the sedan entered the intersection, it was struck by a pickup that was going west on County Road 484.  The impact sent the two vehicles onto the shoulder of County Road 484.

OCKLAWAHA, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol and Marion County Fire Rescue were called to the scene of a fatal wreck in Marion County on Wednesday night.

A report in the Ocala StarBanner states that the crash occurred along Southeast 80th Place in Ocklawaha.

The FHP’s investigation determined that a 45-year-old Ocklawaha man was driving a Nissan pickup truck southbound shortly before 7:53 p.m. when he lost control while going around a curve.  The pickup crashed into a tree near 170th Avenue Road.

MARION COUNTY, FL – A crash involving a truck and a minivan in Marion County left two people dead and three others injured, according to the Ocala StarBanner.

The vehicles collided Wednesday morning in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the exit for County Road 318.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a minivan traveling in the center lane clipped the left front tire of a semi in the right outside lane.  The minivan went off the roadway, onto a grass shoulder, hit two trees and caught fire.   The driver, a 49-year-old woman, and a passenger, a 15-year-old boy, died at the scene.  Both were from Miami.  Another passenger, a 23-year-old woman from Miami, was seriously injured while two children, ages 2 and 1, sustained minor injuries.  The injured were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.