BUSHNELL, FL – Two truck drivers were injured when their vehicles collided in Sumter County Friday morning, according to WKMG. The Florida Highway Patrol said the two semi-trucks were both going south on Interstate 75 in Bushnell when the incident occurred at about 8:48 a.m. As one truck moved from…
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News: Man charged with drunk driving in fatal wreck on Interstate 75
WILDWOOD, FL – Authorities have arrested an alleged drunk driver following an accident in Sumter County last week that left one person dead and three others injured, WKMG reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said 40-year-old John Andrew Henderson of Kissimmee was driving a sedan south in the inside lane on…
News: Arrest made in loose tire accident that killed motorcycle rider on I-75 in Sumter County
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – Authorities said they have made an arrest in connection with a recent accident in Sumter County that left a motorcyclist dead, the Villages-News reports. 32-year-old Emmanuel Quesada Fonseca was arrested on a charge of driving without a license in a case involving death. According to the…
News: Delivery man fatally struck by his van in The Villages in Sumter County
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that killed a newspaper delivery man in Sumter County, reports WESH. The incident happened on Oak Bend Place in The Villages, where the 76-year-old man was delivering newspapers in his Chrysler van Sunday morning at about 5:45 a.m. …
News: Head-on collision in Sumter Co. leaves 2 dead
SUMTER CO., FL – A multi-vehicle collision near Bushnell last Friday night claimed the lives of two people, WESH reports. The crash took place at about 7 p.m. on County Road 48 near the intersection with Southeast 10th Street. Investigators say the driver of an eastbound SUV lost control while…
News: 3 critically injured after multi-vehicle crash in Sumter County
SUMTER COUNTY, FL – A motorcyclist and two other people suffered critical injuries after a serious multi-vehicle crash in Sumter County Friday morning reports the Villages News. The incident happened around 6 a.m. as a 49-year-old Sumterville man was riding a Harley Davidson south on US-301 toward East Belt Avenue.…
News: Pickup fatally strikes motorcyclist in Bushnell
BUSHNELL, FL – An elderly motorcyclist was fatally struck by a pickup truck on a county road west of Bushnell last Wednesday, The Villages News reports. The fatal collision happened on County Road 48 just west of County Road 616 at about 3 p.m. on December 29, when a 1999…