LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old Daytona Beach man was killed Monday morning in a head-on crash in Lake County, troopers said.
The fatal wreck was reported at 6:15 a.m. on State Road 44 at Fentress Lane, northeast of Sorrento.
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The Florida Highway Patrol said the man was driving an SUV west on S.R. 44 and traveled into the eastbound lanes for an unknown reason, striking a pickup truck head-on.
The SUV overturned, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an FHP crash report.
The pickup truck driver, a 20-year-old Webster man, suffered serious injuries and was taken to AdventHealth Waterman.
The crash report said it’s unknown if the Daytona Beach man was wearing a seat belt.
S.R. 44 was shut down in both directions after the fatal crash.