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LAKE COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a two-vehicle collision in Lake County on Tuesday morning left one of the drivers dead and the other hospitalized.

According to WOFL, a 1996 Honda Civic and a 2008 Toyota Tacoma crashed in the vicinity of County Road 450A and Pine Street at about 6:11 a.m.  The FHP’s investigation determined that the driver of the Tacoma failed to yield and entered the path of the Civic as that vehicle headed west approaching the intersection.  The front side of the Civic hit the side of the  Tacoma.

The driver of the Civic, a 32-year-old man from Umatilla, died after being taken to an area hospital.  The driver of the Tacoma, age 40, was seriously injured and hospitalized.

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GAINESVILLE, FL – A car accident on Interstate 75 near Gainesville sent three people to the hospital, Main Street Daily News reported.

The crash occurred at about 10:24 a.m. Saturday on I-75 north in the vicinity of mile marker 390.  The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving a sedan and had to swerve when a large box containing an AC coil fell from a pickup truck.

The sedan crashed into a tree on the east shoulder of the interstate.    Two passengers in the sedan, a 23-year-old woman from Gainesville and a 26-year-old man from Norfolk, Virginia, were hospitalized with critical injuries.  The driver, a 25-year-old Gainesville man, was listed in serious condition after being taken to an area trauma center.

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NEWBERRY, FL – State troopers said a driver died when his pickup truck was involved in a wreck in Alachua County on Monday.

According to details reported by the Alachua Chronicle, the incident took place on Newberry Road near SW 218th Street in Newberry at about 5 p.m.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a 70-year-old man from Bell was driving west when his pickup entered the center grass median, then crossed the eastbound lanes of Newberry Road and crashed into a ditch on the south shoulder of the road. The vehicle then collided with a wooden fence in an open field.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – Two people died after their minivan collided with a semi in Alachua County on Friday afternoon, according to the Alachua Chronicle.

The Florida Highway Patrol and local rescue crews were called to the scene in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 301 and County Road 225 in Waldo at about 12:51 p.m.

The FHP’s investigation found that the driver of a minivan pulled out from County Road 225 into the southbound lanes of U.S. 301 and was struck by a semi heading south in the inside lane in a T-bone collision.

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CITRUS COUNTY, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Citrus County claimed the life of a 19-year-old man, WFTS reported.

The man, who was from New York, was driving a Nissan Altima on South Lecanto Highway Friday morning when the crash occurred at about 4 a.m.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the vehicle ran off the roadway and collided with a concrete power pole.  The victim was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said an accident in Alachua County Tuesday night left one person dead and two others injured.

According to details reported by the Gainesville Sun, the crash took place on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 405 at 10:07 p.m.

The FHP’s investigation determined that a man was driving on I-75 when his car entered the median, hit a guardrail and went back onto the roadway.  It then crashed into a pickup truck.

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OCALA, FL – Rescue teams extricated three people who were trapped after a multi-vehicle crash in Ocala last Wednesday morning.

According to Ocala Fire Rescue, crews were dispatched to the accident involving two sedans and an SUV at NE 24th Street and NE 19th Avenue at about 8:16 a.m.  A caller reported one of the vehicles was on its side with the occupants inside.

OFR units arrived to find that the drivers of a Toyota Camry and an Audi A8L were able to get out of their vehicles on their own.  No one else was inside the cars.

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OCALA, FL – Emergency crews were on the scene of a crash that snarled traffic in Ocala during Tuesday morning’s rush hour, according to the Ocala News.

Two vehicles were involved in the collision shortly before 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the exit for W State Road 40/W Silver Springs Boulevard.  One person was taken to an area hospital to be evaluated.

As a result of the crash, the middle lane was blocked and traffic was backed up for several miles beyond mile marker 348.  One of the vehicles was moved off to the shoulder, and the interstate reopened later in the morning.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – Rescue crews were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident in Alachua County on Thursday morning.

A Facebook post by Alachua County Fire Rescue said that its crews and Gainesville Fire Rescue were dispatched to the crash on Interstate 75  southbound at the 386 mile marker at about 5 a.m.

The first units to arrive found a heavily damaged vehicle and one person who needed to be extricated.  Crews used rescue tools including the Jaws of Life to safely remove the person, who had suffered a minor injury.

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MARION COUNTY, FL – A driver attempting to flee from law enforcement authorities was involved in a crash in Ocala on Sunday, WCJB reports.

Police said the incident began when deputies attempted a traffic stop on the driver of a stolen Jeep Cherokee in Silver Springs Shore.  The driver, identified as 24-year-old Jah’Kudo Gibbons, reportedly pulled into a gas station before speeding away on Southeast Maricamp Road heading towards Ocala.

Deputies set out in pursuit in what became a high-speed chase, with Gibbons said to have been driving at speeds of over 100 miles per hour.

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