LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A 21-year-old Valrico man was killed early Wednesday in a head-on crash with another vehicle on County Road 42 in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash happened around 6:10 a.m. just east of State Road 19 in Altoona.
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The crash involved a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, a 2019 Subaru WRX and a 2018 Ford F-150.
According to a crash report, the 21-year-old was heading east in the Chevy when he failed to negotiate a curve and went into the westbound lanes in the path of the Suburu. The vehicles collided head-on.
The pickup truck tried to avoid the Suburu and struck the back left of the vehicle.
The 21-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and the Suburu driver, a 20-year-old Port Orange man, had minor injuries. The pickup driver, a 28-year-old DeLand man, was uninjured.
FHP said the 21-year-old was not wearing a seatbelt.
Troopers said both directions of CR-42 were closed but later reopened.
An investigation is ongoing.