LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – One person was killed in a head-on crash involving a dump truck in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol says.
The crash happened Tuesday just before 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of County Road 439 and County Road 44A in Lake County.
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According to an FHP crash report, the driver of dump truck was traveling northbound on CR-439 when he encountered stopped traffic ahead. In an attempt to brake, the driver veered into the southbound lane, directly into the path of a 2019 Toyota Corolla that was traveling southbound.
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The collision resulted in the front of the dump truck striking the front of the Toyota, troopers say.
The driver of the dump truck, a 28-year-old man from Leesburg, was not injured and remained at the scene. The driver of the Toyota, a 23-year-old woman from Altoona, was transported to Waterman Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, troopers say.
The crash remains under investigation.
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