LUTZ, FL – A multi-vehicle accident on State Road 54 last week left one person dead and several others injured.
According to the Suncoast News, the collision took place west of Heron Cove Drive Wednesday afternoon shortly after 4:30 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a man driving a sedan west on State Road 54 went across the median and hit an SUV headed east. The sedan then struck another eastbound vehicle, a van, and all three vehicles came to rest in the eastbound lanes.
The driver of the sedan, a 53-year-old man from Lutz, died at the scene. The SUV driver, a 52-year-old Land O’Lakes man, was seriously injured. The driver of the van, a 49-year-old Port Richey woman, and two boys ages 11 and 9 riding with her sustained minor injuries.