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OCALA, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a moped rider died following an accident in Marion County early Thursday morning.

According to WKMG, the incident took place on U.S. 441 south of SE 98 Lane.  The FHP said a 19-year-old woman was riding her moped on a paved shoulder of southbound U.S. 441 when she entered a construction zone.

The woman lost control of the moped and it overturned.  She was ejected into the right lane of U.S. 441, where she was struck by an SUV.  The victim, an Ocala resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.

OCALA, FL – Marion County Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a rollover accident in Ocala on Tuesday afternoon.

In a Facebook post, the rescue squad said its units were dispatched to the 7200 block of NW 21st Street at about 4:45 p.m.  A vehicle had come to rest on its roof at that location with the driver trapped inside.

Officials said Engine and Rescue 20 crews arrived on the scene within minutes and began working to extricate the driver from the wreckage.   The driver was quickly freed and was declared a trauma alert, and was transported to an area hospital.  No further details were released on the victim’s condition.

OCALA, FL – An elderly man was killed and two others were hospitalized following a three-vehicle crash southwest of Ocala this morning.

According to Ocala-News, the collision occurred at about 7:10 a.m. when the driver of a northbound sedan ran the red light at SW 80th Avenue and State Road 200 and was hit by the front end of an SUV as it entered the intersection.

The force of the impact rotated the SUV before it was hit by a nearby pickup truck.

OCALA, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said one driver was killed and another injured when their vehicles collided in Ocala.

A report by the Ocala StarBanner stated that the accident occurred May 11 at State Road 200 and Southwest 110th Street near the entrance to the Oak Run subdivision.

According to the FHP, the driver of a Nissan Altima was headed east on SR-200 and went through a red light at the intersection shortly after 10 p.m.  The Nissan T-boned a Honda Insight that was coming out of the subdivision and had the green light.

OCALA, FL – A driver was injured in a rollover accident in southwest Ocala on Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Ocala Fire Rescue posted details of the incident on Facebook at about 12:15 p.m.  OFR’s Engine 4 and Rescue 4, Ocala Police Department, and Marion County Fire Rescue units responded to the scene on SW 38th Street and SW 60th Avenue.

According to the rescue squad, a driver was trying to avoid a collision at the intersection and the vehicle flipped, resulting in a shattered windshield, bent roof and front end damage.