MARION COUNTY, FL – A crash in Marion County on Monday morning killed the driver of a pickup truck, WKMG reported.
The driver was going north on State Road 35 near Larch Road when the wreck occurred at about 8:45 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that the pickup traveled off the road, crashed into a metal guardrail, kept going north and struck a building on Baseline Road.
The driver, a 64-year-old man from Ocala, died after being transported to an area hospital.
OCALA, FL – Authorities have identified the two people who died in a car wreck in Ocala last month, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.
The victims were 30-year-old Spencer Holden and his wife, 35-year-old Samantha Holden, both of Ocala.
The accident happened Feb. 20 on Southeast 36th Avenue near Southeast 15th Street at about 8:30 p.m. An investigation determined that Spencer Holden was driving a Mazda in the southbound outside lane with a Mercedes GLC 300 SUV behind him.
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Police Department said a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday night left two people dead and another hospitalized.
Officers responded to the scene near the 1500 block of Southeast 36th Avenue after being notified of the incident at about 8:23 p.m.
A Mazda Miata and a Mercedes-Benz SUV collided and the Mazda went up in flames. A man and a woman in the car were both pronounced dead at the scene. A 17-year-old boy reported to have been driving the SUV was seriously injured and taken to an area hospital.
OCALA, FL – A car and an Amazon truck were involved in a deadly collision in Marion County on Wednesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The Ocala StarBanner reported details of the wreck, which occurred on Interstate 75 northbound near the exit for State Road 326.
The FHP’s investigation found that the incident began when the driver of an Amazon semitractor-trailer struck the back of a vehicle slowing in front of him. The truck driver pulled over and stopped on the emergency shoulder.
OCALA, FL – A woman has been arrested following a crash in Ocala on Sunday that left a bicycle rider dead, WESH reports.
The incident happened on the 3100 block of NW Blitchton Road near Interstate 75. According to the Ocala Police Department, a woman driving a Mini Cooper veered off the roadway and hit a man who was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. The bicyclist, 61-year-old Louis Osiel, was killed.
Police said the driver, identified as 43-year-old Elizabeth Pizzonia, left the scene after the accident but returned later showing indications of impairment.
OCALA, FL – A driver trying to elude law enforcement authorities was killed when his vehicle crashed in Ocala on New Year’s Eve, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.
The incident began at about 11:30 p.m. when Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies tried to pull over a pickup truck on Maricamp Road that matched the description of a vehicle linked to a burglary/disturbance in Silver Springs Shores. The sheriff’s office said the driver took off with a deputy in pursuit, and the pickup hit the deputy’s vehicle.
The pickup driver continued on Southeast 22nd Avenue and then across East Fort King Street, where the vehicle went into a business parking lot and crashed into an office building that houses a real estate company and an investing office.
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Police Department said one person was killed and another injured in a crash last week.
In a Facebook post, police said officers responded to the intersection of NW 10th Street and N Pine Avenue on Tuesday evening at about 6:45 p.m. A motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at that location.
Two people on the motorcycle, a man and a woman, were taken to an area hospital where the woman died later. Her name was not released.
MARION COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a two-vehicle collision in Marion County on Saturday night left both drivers dead.
The Ocala StarBanner reports the accident happened at Southeast Maricamp Road and Pine Trace in Silver Springs Shores. Marion County Fire Rescue Crews responded to the scene at 9:32 p.m.
An investigation found that the driver of a Chevy Equinox was headed east in the westbound lane on Maricamp Road, and collided with a westbound Nissan Murano. The driver of the Chevy, a 23-year-old Ocala woman, and the driver of the Nissan, a 44-year-old Summerfield woman, were both pronounced dead at the scene. A 2-year-old child in the Chevy was being taken to UF Health Shands Hospital for treatment.
OCALA, FL – Police said a child was rushed to a hospital following a collision at an intersection in Ocala on Tuesday night.
In a Facebook post, the Ocala Police Department said the incident happened in the area of North Pine Avenue and NW 35th Street at about 8:37 p.m.
A 3-year-old who was ejected in the wreck was transported as a trauma-alert patient, and was listed in stable condition.
OCALA, FL – State troopers were called to the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in Marion County on Wednesday night, reports the Ocala StarBanner.
The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation found that a man lost control of his Can-Am Ryker motorcycle while riding south on Southeast 38th Street near Baseline Road at about 7:16 p.m. The victim rolled multiple times and ended up on the north side of the street while the bike landed on the opposite side.
The motorcyclist, a 48-year-old man from Ocala, was pronounced dead after being taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.
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