Three people were killed in a head-on collision when a driver was traveling in the wrong lane of traffic, Florida police said. The Orlando driver was traveling east in the westbound lane of State Route 40 in Volusia County on Thursday, Jan. 4, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. Then, the driver slammed head-on into an SUV carrying four people at about 9 p.m., state troopers said. The SUV’s driver, a 51-year-old Charlotte woman, and the front passenger, a 74-year-old woman from Brooklyn, were pronounced dead at the crash scene, troopers said. The wrong-way driver, a 55-year-old woman, was also killed in the crash while wearing no seatbelt, according to state troopers.
The SUV’s other two passengers, 44- and 45-year-old women from Charlotte, had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to the highway patrol. The two injured SUV occupants were hospitalized, troopers said. The crash is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. Authorities have not publicly released the identities of the victims. Volusia County is about 50 miles northeast of Orlando.
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Source: Miami Herald
