FHP: 1 person killed, 2 others injured in 2-vehicle crash in Morriston on Friday
MORRISTON — One person was killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle wreck along a two-lane roadway in a rural area of Marion County on Friday.
A fourth person involved in the crash remained at the location for treatment, law enforcement officials said.
The death was among three traffic fatalities investigated by Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Ocala Police Department officers since the start of the week.
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Crash
In Friday's crash, troopers said a Mazda2 car was traveling eastbound on West State Road 326.
A Ford F-150 pickup truck that was along the same roadway, was traveling in the opposite direction behind several vehicles.
FHP officials said the truck attempted to pass a vehicle that was in front of it, and as it approached the Mazda2, veered to the left of the roadway.
The Mazda2 veered to the right of the road and collided with the Ford, and the two vehicles eventually stopped on the grassy shoulder, officials said.
A passenger, identified as a man who was sitting in the front seat of the Mazda, died at the scene. Another man who was in the car was taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, formally known as Ocala Regional Medical Center, in serious condition. A third person, identified as a woman, was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville in critical condition, officials said.
Related
Officials said the deceased is the father of the other male that was in the vehicle. They identified the victim as a 37-year-old man, and his son is 19. Both are from Morriston, troopers said. The driver is a 23-year-old woman also from Morriston, and is a friend of both men, authorities said.
FHP officials said the woman was driving the men to work in Ocala.
The driver of the Ford F-150, a 61-year-old woman from Williston, was treated at the scene by medical personnel and was not seriously injured, officials said. FHP troopers said the woman gave blood, which is customary in crashes that involve serious injuries or death.
The names of those involved in the crash were not released by troopers per policy.
Treatment
Marion County Fire Rescue spokesman James Lucas said they were assigned to the crash at 2:16 p.m. and arrived at 2:29 p.m. The passenger in the car was pronounced deceased at 2:32 p.m., Lucas said.
The crash occurred in the 15500 block of West SR 326 in Morriston. No lanes were blocked or obstructed.
Friday's death came a day after FHP officials said one person was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Ocala. On Wednesday, a teenage girl was killed, and the 15-year-old driver, a boy, was hospitalized in a two-vehicle head-on crash, OPD officials said. The two crashes are still being investigated, officials said.
Contact Austin L. Miller at austin.miller@starbanner.com.
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