Articles Tagged with Sumter County

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WILDWOOD, FL – Police said a collision in Sumter County last week left a bicycle rider dead, the Villages-News reports.

The incident happened Sept. 10 in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 301 and County Road 471 in Wildwood.  According to the Wildwood Police Department, a man was riding an e-bicycle at about 11 a.m. and was in the intersection when he he collided with a semi-truck.

The e-bike rider, a 32-year-old man from Wildwood, died at the scene.  His identity was not released.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A car collided with a school bus in Sumter County on Friday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A report by WFTS states the incident happened along County Road 222 at about 8:35 a.m.   State troopers learned that the driver of a Ford Escort wagon was going east and failed to stop at a stop sign.   The Ford entered the path of the school bus and the vehicles collided.

The Ford driver, a 68-year-old woman, was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital.  The school bus driver, a 50-year-old woman, was hospitalized with minor injuries.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol has released details of a fatal vehicle crash that occurred in Sumter County early Tuesday.

According to WKMG, the incident happened on Interstate 75 north near mile marker 330.  According to the FHP, a driver lost control of his vehicle while traveling on the interstate and crashed into a guardrail in the median.

The motorist, a 36-year-old man from Coleman, died at the scene.  His name has not yet been released.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – Two vehicles were involved in a deadly head-on collision on County Road 472 in Sumter County on Monday night, WFTV reported.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation, the driver of a Nissan Altima was going east on County Road 472 at about 7 p.m. when her vehicle was struck by a Cadillac CTS that entered the eastbound lane while passing traffic near NE 42nd Boulevard.  Both vehicles rotated to the south shoulder of the roadway, and the Altima overturned multiple times.

The driver of the Altima, a 55-year-old woman from Oxford, died at the scene.  The driver of the Cadillac, a 52-year-old Ocala man, and his passenger, an 81-year-old man from Yorkville, Illinois, were seriously injured and transported to an area hospital.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving two other vehicles in Sumter County on Sunday morning, WKMG reported.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene at the intersection of State Road 471 and State Road 50 after being notified of the incident at about 9 a.m.

The FHP’s investigation found that the driver of a Ford Expedition going west on State Road 50 went through a red light and collided with the side of a northbound Kenworth tractor-trailer.  Both vehicles were redirected into the southbound lanes of State Road 471, and the tractor-trailer hit a Harley Davidson motorcycle that was headed south in a left turn lane.

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TARRYTOWN, FL – A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving two other vehicles in Sumter County on Sunday morning.

A report by WKMG states that the incident happened at the intersection of State Road 50 and State Road 471.  The Florida Highway Patrol said it began when the driver of a Ford Expedition going west on State Road 50 at about 9 a.m. went through a red light at the intersection.

The Ford crashed into the side of a northbound Kenworth tractor-trailer carrying milk.  Both vehicles were sent into the southbound lanes of State Road 471, where the tractor-trailer collided with a southbound Harley Davidson motorcycle, killing the motorcyclist.  The victim was a 70-year-old man from Lakeland.

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BUSHNELL, FL – A collision between two vehicles in Sumter County on Sunday night left one driver dead and the other injured, WKMG reports.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a Kia was going north on U.S. Highway 301 in Bushnell at about 9:45 p.m. when he entered the southbound lane near County Road 700.  The Kia crashed into a Hyundai Elantra nearly head-on.

The driver of the Kia, a 49-year-old man from Dade City, died at the scene.  The driver of the Hyundai, an 18-year-old woman from Webster, was hospitalized with minor injuries.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Sumter County early Sunday morning left a driver dead, WKMG reported.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the wreck in the area of County Road 616 and County Road 48.  The FHP’s investigation found that the driver of a Ford Taurus was headed north at about 12:53 a.m. when he went through the intersection without stopping and crashed into a tree.

The driver, a 21-year-old man from Bushnell, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – Authorities were called to the scene of a deadly pedestrian accident on State Road 44 in Sumter County on Friday morning, WKMG reports.

The Florida Highway Patrol said it happened shortly before 6 a.m., when a male pedestrian tried to walk across S.R. 44 at County Road 229 near Wildwood.

The pedestrian entered the path of two westbound vehicles and was struck first by a Range Rover, then by a cement truck that was traveling behind it.  The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the Range Rover was a 42-year-old man, while the truck was driven by a 29-year-old man, both from Leesburg.

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BUSHNELL, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a collision in Sumter County Monday morning left one one driver dead and the other hospitalized.

WKMG reports the two-vehicle accident took place near Bushnell at about 7:45 a.m.

The FHP’s investigation found that the driver of a Chevrolet SUV was going east on County Road 476 and traveled into the westbound lane near SW 52nd Street.  The SUV collided with a Nissan pickup truck that was going west.

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