OCALA, FL – Two people were injured in a car accident that happened at the 3100 block of E Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala earlier this morning.
A driver and passenger were found in a gray sedan around 7 a.m., reports Ocala News. The passenger had to be extracted from the vehicle.
Both occupants were transported to an area hospital. Details on what caused the car crash are unknown at this time.
INVERNESS, FL – A woman died and two others were seriously injured in a car crash on US-41 near Inverness Airport early Saturday morning.
Around 1:45 a.m., a 16-year-old Ocala teenager in an SUV was headed south in the northbound lanes of US-41 approaching South Airport Lane. An 18-year-old woman from Inverness was traveling in the opposite direction when the SUV struck her sedan, reports Ocala News.
The sedan’s driver was transported to an area hospital where she died of her injuries. A passenger in her vehicle was seriously injured.
SPRING HILL, FL – A man has died of injuries he suffered when his motorcycle was hit by a driver leaving a church on the south side of Spring Hill late last month.
The 47-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday after being hospitalized for three days.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the accident happened at the intersection of Shady Hills Road and Fringe Tree Drive around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday.
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – One person was killed and two others injured in an intersection collision in Tarpon Springs Thursday night.
According to The Free Press, two vehicles collided around 7 p.m. at S. Highland Avenue and E. Tarpon Avenue.
A driver in a Nissan Cube traveling northbound on Highland Ave. was attempting to make a left turn onto Tarpon Ave. Another driver in a Dodge Ram was heading eastbound on Tarpon Ave. and crashed into the Nissan.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – A woman was struck and killed while crossing a roadway early Thursday morning in New Port Richey.
The 65-year-old Port Richey resident was heading west across Rowan Road near Gibraltar Avenue. According to FOX13, a driver in a sedan was traveling south on Rowan when they fatally struck her.
The woman died at the scene of the accident.
PASCO COUNTY, FL – A man was fatally struck by a pickup truck while he was crossing an intersection south of Spring Hill on his moped Tuesday.
The incident happened at the intersection of Colony Road and Fairwinds Road as the moped rider made a left turn from Lake Karl Drive, reports WFLA. Police say the man came to a complete stop before attempting the turn.
The driver of a Ford F-150 failed to stop at a stop sign on Fairwinds Road, proceeded into the intersection, and collided with the moped.
HERNANDO, FL – The man believed to be responsible for a deadly crash in Citrus County yesterday is facing a number of DUI charges, WTSP reports.
The collision occurred when 38-year-old David Kahler’s pickup truck crossed the center line of the Carl G. Rose Highway near the North Lecanto Highway and slammed head-on into another vehicle.
The driver of the vehilce that was hit, a 33-year-old woman from Ocala, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Two other victims, including a 3-year-old child, suffered unspecified injuries.
LAKE BUTLER, FL – A woman was killed and a man was rushed to the hospital following a head-on crash in the Lake Butler area last Friday.
According to WCJB, the driver of a pickup truck heading south on SR-121 crossed the center line near NE 188th Court for unknown reasons and crashed head-on into a sedan.
The sedan’s driver, a 22-year-old woman from Starke, suffered fatal injuries in the crash. The driver of the pickup was sent to the hospital with unknown injuries.
OCALA, FL – One elderly motorcyclist was killed and another was injured when their vehicles collided on a rural stretch of highway about 10 miles northeast of Ocala on Tuesday.
The Ocala Star-Banner reports that a group of motorcyclists was traveling west in a single-file line on Northeast 90th Street Road near Baseline Road shortly before 11:30 a.m. that morning, when a 74-year-old man lost control of his bike during a turn, briefly left the roadway, and then swerved back onto it. In doing so, he struck a motorcycle operated by an 80-year-old man, which caused the vehicles to overturn.
Emergency responders took both men to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where the older rider died.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – Two people were killed and a third was injured when their vehicles collided on SR-56 in Wesley Chapel yesterday, WTSP reports.
A 52-year-old man attempted to turn left from SR-56 onto Lajuana Boulevard at about 3 p.m. yesterday and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The man and his 56-year-old female passenger were both thrown from the vehicle, and were pronounced dead at the scene. Neither had been wearing a seatbelt.
