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INVERNESS, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Citrus County early Monday morning left a driver dead, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

According to WTSP, it was determined that the driver was headed south on U.S. 41 in Inverness at about 4:15 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle.  The vehicle entered a construction zone south of Davidson Avenue and hit a water pipe.  The vehicle went airborne, collided with a tree and overturned.

The driver, a 62-year-old Hernando County man, suffered fatal injuries.  His name was not immediately released.

INVERNESS, FL – A man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday in connection with a car accident that killed three people in Citrus County.

The Citrus County Chronicle reports 56-year-old Philip Sawhill of Land O’Lakes was ordered to serve three concurrent life sentences for the crash that took place on Christmas Eve 2019.

It happened near the intersection of South Pleasant Grove Road and East Amy Lane near Inverness.  Authorities said Sawhill was driving a Toyota Highlander and trying to pass five other northbound vehicles in a no-passing zone on South Pleasant Grove Road.  His vehicle collided with a Kia Optima that was headed south.  Three women in the Kia, 62-year-old Amalia Gomara of Dunnellon; 86-year-old Clara Adela Gorrin of Hialeah; and 85-year-old Nilda Cordovi of Pembroke Pines, were pronounced dead at the scene.