MARION COUNTY, FL – One driver was killed and another injured when their vehicles collided in Marion County Wednesday night, WKMG reports.
The accident occurred along Interstate 75 southbound near mile marker 354. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 19-year-old woman was driving south on I-75 at about 9:10 p.m. when she drove off the road.
A pickup truck was parked in the emergency lane, and the woman’s car struck the back of a trailer attached to the pickup. The woman, a resident of Wesley Chapel, died in the wreck. State troopers said she was wearing a seat belt. A 39-year-old Dade City man who was the driver of the pickup sustained minor injuries.