VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman is dead and a man was seriously injured following a crash in Volusia County Thursday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the two-vehicle crash occurred on Thursday at 5:38 p.m. when both cars collided driving southbound on U.S. Highway 17 before approaching the entry of West Davis Street.
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A pickup truck was traveling ahead of a sedan being driven by a 41-year-old Eustis man, according to a crash report.
The sedan failed to slow down for the pickup truck, being driven by a 22-year-old man, troopers said.
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FHP said the sedan then struck the rear end of the pickup truck. The sedan driver was airlifted to the local hospital with serious injuries. His passenger, a 40-year-old woman from Sorrento, was transferred to AdventHealth Deland, where she was later pronounced dead, the report shows.
The driver and passenger of the pickup truck, both 22-year-old men from Jacksonville and Orange Park, sustained minor injuries, troopers said.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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