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.