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PASCO COUNTY, FL – A woman was killed in an accident at an intersection in Pasco County Thursday morning, WFTS reports.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a Ford F-150 was headed west on Ridge Road and made a left turn at the intersection with Lemon Road shortly before 1 a.m.

A passenger in the Ford, a 38-year-old woman, fell out of the vehicle and was struck by a Kia K5.  She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A fiery car accident in Citrus County on Tuesday night left a driver dead, according to WFTS.

State troopers responded to the wreck in the area of Torenia Verbenas Court and Poppy Street in Homosassa.

The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation found that the driver of a Chevy Impala was headed west on Poppy Street at about 8:41 p.m. when she veered off the road for unknown reasons.

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HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – A car accident in Hernando County on Saturday night claimed the life of a 4-year-old girl, state troopers said.

A report by WTVT states that a woman was driving a Kia Optima south on State Road 589 near U.S. 98 when the crash occurred at about 10 p.m.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver lost control of the car and drove off the road, where the vehicle collided with a concrete culvert.  The Kia went airborne, flipped, and ended up on the shoulder of the highway.

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CITRUS PARK, NJ – The Florida Highway Patrol said two cars were involved in a deadly collision in Hernando County on Tuesday.

WKMG reported details of the wreck, which occurred on Citrus Way near Kensington Road in Citrus Park.  The FHP’s investigation found that the driver of a Hyundai Elantra was headed north at about 5 p.m. and entered the southbound lane.    The Elantra collided nearly head-on with a Hyundai Accent.

A 47-year-old Weeki Wachee woman who was a passenger in the Accent died after being taken to an area hospital.  The Accent driver, 17-year-old boy from Weeki Wachee, was seriously injured.

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MARION COUNTY, FL – A woman was killed when the vehicle she was riding in was involved in a collision in Marion County on Saturday afternoon.

WKMG reported details of the crash that were released by the Florida Highway Patrol.  According to the FHP, the driver of a sedan was headed east on County Road 484 when the incident happened at about 12:40 p.m.

As that driver made a left turn onto Southwest 110th Avenue, the vehicle directly entered the path of an oncoming SUV and the vehicles collided, causing the SUV to overturn.

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HERNANDO COUNTY, FL – A head-on collision between two vehicles in Hernando County on Saturday morning left both drivers dead, WTVT reported.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident on State Road 589 involved a wrong-way driver.  According to the FHP, a man behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Jetta was heading south in the northbound lanes at about 12:40 a.m. and crashed into a northbound Honda Odyssey minivan near County Line Road.  The impact caused both vehicles to rotate and flip, with both ending up in the median and outside shoulder.

The Volkswagen driver, a 45-year-old man, and the Honda driver, a 47-year-old woman, were pronounced dead at the scene,  Both were from Homosassa.

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LEVY COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said three people were injured, one seriously, in a crash along County Road 345 on Thursday afternoon.

According to the Main Street Daily News, the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was going north at 4:12 p.m. and passed another northbound vehicle.  As she re-entered the northbound lane she lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center lane and entered the southbound lane.

The Chevrolet then collided head-on with a southbound Lexus ES300, causing the Chevrolet to overturn while the Lexus ended up on the shoulder of the roadway.

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TARPON SPRINGS, FL – A trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol was injured when his patrol car was hit by another vehicle along a highway median in Tarpon Springs on Saturday, according to WTVT.

 The trooper had stopped in a marked FHP Dodge Charger at about 1:45 p.m.  while monitoring traffic on US-19 near Parkview Boulevard and Klosterman Road.

A man driving a Mercedes sedan north on US-19 lost control of his car, rotated to the median, and rear-ended the patrol car, which then rotated to the southbound lanes of US-19.  The Mercedes came to a stop in the northbound lanes.

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DADE CITY, FL – A crash in Pasco County involving a car and a tractor-trailer left one person dead and four others injured, Pasco News Online reported.

The accident happened Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of State Road 52 and Prospect Road in Dade City.  The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a Kia Forte was heading east on SR-52 when she tried to make a left turn under a flashing yellow turn signal.

The Kia crashed into a tractor-trailer going west on SR-52, causing the Kia to spin and roll over.  The Kia driver, a 38-year-old woman from Hudson, died after being taken to an area hospital.  Her three daughters, ages 16, 14, and 13, were seriously injured.

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