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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A motorcycle accident on Interstate 75 in Sumter County on Sunday afternoon left a man dead and a woman injured, reports the Villages-News.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a man riding a Honda Goldwing motorcycle was trying to exit into an I-75 rest area near mile marker 306 at about 2:40 p.m.  The rider was unable to negotiate a curve and went off the roadway, where the bike entered a drainage retention area and crashed into an embankment.

The operator of the motorcycle, an 84-year-old man from Carlisle, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene.  His passenger, an 80-year-old woman from Eaton, Ohio, was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.

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SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A teenage driver was arrested following a fatal car accident that occurred in Sumter County on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

The Daily Commercial reports five teenage boys were in a Dodge Charger going south on Interstate 75 at a high rate of speed shortly before 3 p.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol states that the driver, a 17-year-old boy, was recklessly overtaking slower traffic and veered off the interstate in order to avoid a crash.

The Dodge then collided with a tree and caught fire.  A 16-year-old passenger was killed while a 15-year-old passenger was seriously injured.  Two other passengers, ages 13 and 17, sustained minor injuries.  State troopers said the driver, who also suffered minor injuries, left the car, took off the license plate and fled on foot.  He was later apprehended at a chicken coop in Oxford.  All the occupants of the Dodge were from Inverness.

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PASCO COUNTY, FL – Pasco County Fire Rescue was called to the scene of a serious vehicle crash on State Road 52 on Monday morning.

According to a Facebook post at 8:30 a.m., the rescue squad and other area first responders were dispatched to the accident near Bellamy Brothers Boulevard.  Medical helicopters were called in as well, and three people were transported to an area hospital.  There was no immediate word on their conditions.

The Florida Highway Patrol arrived to take over the investigation.  No details were released on what led to the wreck.

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LAKE COUNTY, FL – A teenage girl died after the car she was riding in was involved in a collision in Lake County early Saturday morning.

A report by WKMG states that the fatal accident took place on State Road 44 in the area of Tomahawk Trail near DeLand.  The Florida Highway Patrol said that the driver of a 2011 Dodge Ram 15oo pickup truck was heading east at about 4:10 a.m. while a 2015 Dodge Charger sedan was going west, and the vehicles crashed.  The front right side of the pickup truck collided with the front right of the sedan.

A 17-year-old Leesburg girl who was the front right passenger in the Charger was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the Charger, an 18-year-old man from Fruitland Park, and two other passengers, an 18-year-old Fruitland Park man and a 17-year-old Leesburg girl, were taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.

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BUSHNELL, FL – Authorities were at the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Lake County Friday morning that left one person dead and another injured, WKMG reports.

The fatal wreck involved a Toyota Camry and a tractor-trailer and occurred west of Bushnell.  The Florida Highway Patrol learned that the driver of the Camry was going east on County Road 48 at about 6 a.m. and crossed over into the westbound lane near SW 75th Drive.  The car collided nearly head-on with the truck as it was traveling west.

The driver of the Toyota, a 70-year-old man, died at the scene.  His passenger, a 37-year-old woman, was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital.  Both were from Dade City.  The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 42-year-old Lehigh Acres man, was not injured.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and emergency crews were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon, WCJB reported.

The vehicles collided on Interstate 75 northbound near mile marker 374 in the vicinity of the Micanopy exit, causing one of the vehicles to roll over.  Three children were injured in the accident and were transported to an area hospital as trauma alerts.  No details were released regarding the severity of the injuries.

Northbound I-75 was restricted to one lane during the crash response and investigation, with all lanes reopening later in the afternoon.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A collision between a car and a semi-truck in Alachua County last week left one man dead and another injured, reports the Alachua Chronicle.

The fatal wreck occurred early in the morning on July 24 along County Road 235.  The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving a sedan southbound at about 2:52 a.m. when he crossed the center line into the northbound lane near NW 78th Avenue.   The sedan sideswiped a northbound semi-truck, then collided head-on with another semi that was headed north.

The sedan driver, a 34-year-old Trenton man, died at the scene.  He was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers said.

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MARION COUNTY, FL – A suspect was taken into custody in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident in Marion County last week, the Ocala StarBanner reports.

The pedestrian crash took place on the night of July 23 along County Road 464 near Bahia Road in Silver Springs Shores. The Florida Highway Patrol stated a man was walking in the westbound lane at about 11:25 p.m. when he was hit by the front of a westbound vehicle.

The victim, identified as 66-year-old Craig Forrest of Ocala, was found dead in the right turn lane of C.R. 464.   The driver left the scene without stopping to report the collision, state troopers said.

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LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to a fatal wreck involving a sedan and a semi-truck in Lake County on Thursday night.

A report by WKMG states the crash took place on Florida’s Turnpike near Hancock Road at about 10:15 p.m.  The FHP determined that the driver of a 2025 Hyundai Elantra was heading south on the Turnpike and failed to slow down for a semi that had slowed for traffic ahead of it.  The sedan crashed into the back of the truck.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 22-year-old man, died at the scene.  His passenger, a 23-year-old woman, was hospitalized with serious injuries.  The two occupants of the Hyundai, both from Mobile, Alabama, were not believed to have been wearing seat belts at the time of the collision.

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HIGH SPRINGS, FL – Emergency crews were called to a fatal pedestrian collision in Alachua County on Wednesday morning, according to the Main Street Daily News.

The victim was a 68-year-old High Springs man who was struck and killed by a pickup truck on U.S. Highway 27 near NW 172 Avenue south of High Springs.  The Florida Highway Patrol said the man had been in the roadway on U.S. 27, causing traffic backups in both directions.

A 66-year-old Newberry man was driving a pickup truck northbound at 11:13 a.m. and swerved to avoid the stopped traffic.  The pickup went onto the east shoulder of U.S. 27 at the same time the High Springs man had exited the roadway, and the pedestrian was struck on the shoulder of the road.

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