SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Three people were seriously injured and a woman suffered critical injuries in a crash early Sunday at an intersection in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported at 4:15 a.m. and involved two vehicles, a sedan traveling eastbound on State Road 44 and an SUV traveling south on Morse Boulevard, troopers said.
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Being driven at high speed, the sedan ran the red light at the intersection where SR-44 meets Morse Boulevard, striking the SUV, according to a crash report.
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Both vehicles came to final rest along the south shoulder of SR-44, troopers said, with each vehicle partly jutting into westbound lanes.
The sedan’s three occupants — a 35-year-old man in the driver’s seat with a 22-year-old woman and 30-year-old man as passengers, all of Leesburg — were seriously injured in the crash, the report states. Troopers believe none of them were wearing a seat belt.
The driver of the SUV — a 32-year-old woman from Wildwood who was wearing a seat belt — suffered critical injuries, troopers said.
All four people were taken to hospitals, the report states.
FHP is still investigating.
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