MARION COUNTY, FL – A multi-vehicle wreck near Ocala in Marion Couty on Tuesday morning claimed the life of a passenger in one of the vehicles, according to WKMG.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated the crash at the intersection of Marion Oaks Manor and Marion Oaks Boulevard. Troopers learned that the driver of a van traveling west on Marion Oaks Manor went through a stop sign at about 6:15 a.m. and collided with a van that was going through the intersection with the right of way. The second vehicle rotated and struck a car that was stopped for a stop sign nearby.
A rear passenger in the second van, a 28-year-old man from Ocala, suffered fatal injuries. Other occupants in the vehicles were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.