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. …
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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…