SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A 70-year-old man is dead after a crash Wednesday morning that prompted a shutdown in all directions of State Road 426 near Bertha, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The two-vehicle crash occurred around 8 a.m. where SR-426 meets Via Loma Drive, authorities said.
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According to a crash report, a sedan being driven by a 31-year-old Oviedo man was traveling north on Via Loma Drive in the left turn lane at the same time a van, driven by a 70-year-old Winter Park man, was traveling west on that road in the outside lane.
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The man driving the van continued traveling west through a green light at an intersection when the sedan driver attempted to make a left turn on a red light, according to the FHP.
Troopers said the sedan then struck the van, causing it to overturn, troopers said. The 70-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, the report shows.
According to troopers, the 31-year-old man was uninjured.
An investigation is ongoing
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