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MARION COUNTY, FL – A rollover accident in Marion County on Wednesday evening left a woman dead, WKMG reports.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a driver heading east on County Road 484 at about 5:30 p.m. lost control of her vehicle near S. Magnolia Avenue.  The vehicle went into the median before overturning several times across the westbound lanes and ending up in a line of trees.

The driver was ejected in the crash and died at the scene.  She was a 24-year-old woman from Belleview, the FHP said.  The victim was not wearing a seat belt at the time the wreck occurred.

BELLEVIEW, FL – A collision near Belleview Santos Elementary School on Thursday left two Ocala residents dead, reports the Ocala StarBanner.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation, the driver of a Chevy Cobalt was headed northbound on U.S. 441 South at about 5 p.m. when he entered the left turn lane to go onto Southeast 95th Street.  The Cobalt then collided at the intersection with a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that was going south on U.S. 441.  The impact sent the Toyota off the roadway where it overturned onto its roof near a utility pole.  The Chevy went off the roadway onto a shoulder close to a fence near the school.

The driver of the Chevy, a 72-year-old man from Ocala, and his passenger, a 71-year-old Ocala woman, died after being transported to HCA Florida Ocala.  The driver of the Toyota,  a 20-year-old Fort McCoy man, was seriously injured and taken to the same hospital.