OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 21-year-old Winter Haven woman was killed and three other people were injured Sunday morning in a crash on the Florida Turnpike that forced northbound lanes to shut down in Osceola County.
The crash occurred around 4:55 a.m. at mile marker 202, troopers said. The roadblock remained until around 10:30 a.m., with traffic seen moving again through the area by 11 a.m.
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According to a crash report, a Hyundai Elantra was driving behind a Nissan Pathfinder, both traveling northbound on the Florida Turnpike in the inside lane, approaching mile marker 202.
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Troopers said the Elantra was traveling above the posted speed limit and failed to observe the Pathfinder ahead.
As a result, the front of the Elantra crashed into the back of the Pathfinder. After impact, troopers said the Elantra rotated right and into the outside northbound lane.
According to the report, the right front of the Pathfinder then collided with the right rear of the Elantra.
The Elantra next left the roadway and entered onto the left, inside grass shoulder before it overturned onto its right side and crashed into the left medial guardrail, troopers said.
The 21-year-old woman who died was a passenger of the Elantra and was pronounced dead at the scene, the report states. Two other passengers in the Hyundai and a 21-year-old Haines City man driving the vehicle were hospitalized for treatment of serious injuries, according to FHP.
One passenger in Pathfinder suffered minor injuries, troopers said, while the 37-year-old Georgia man driving the Nissan and his four other passengers were not hospitalized and remained at the scene.
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