MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old Ocala woman is dead after she was hit by a car early Sunday morning.
Troopers said the woman was left lying in the road on U.S. 441, near the intersection with Southeast 45th Street, from a “previous incident,” but investigators did not elaborate as to what happened.
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The car was traveling southbound inside the left inside lane and did not have time to avoid hitting the woman in the road, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.
The people inside the car were not hurt in the collision.
News 6 has reached out to FHP for more details on what led up to this deadly collision. This story will be updated when more information is available.