SUMTER COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a pickup truck accident in Sumter County Tuesday morning left a driver seriously injured, according to a report by the Villages-News.
The incident took place on State Road 44 east of County Road 247 near Rutland at about 6:42 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a woman was driving a pickup truck west on State Road 44 when she lost control of the vehicle and it rotated to the center median.
The pickup then overturned and ended up in the eastbound lanes of the roadway. The driver, a 64-year-old woman from Lake Panasoffkee, was wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash.
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