LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – One driver is dead and another is seriously injured following a crash in Lake County on Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said a 2014 Mazda 3 was traveling north and a semitruck heading south along State Road 33 — both north of Double H Lane.
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For an unknown reason, the Mazda veered into the southbound lane and right into the path of the semitruck, troopers said.
As a result, the Mazda crashed into the semitruck, causing the semitruck to to enter into the northbound lane and strike the rear end of another sedan, a crash report shows.
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The report says that the driver of the Mazda died at the scene, and the semitruck driver was taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. The driver and passengers of the third vehicle were uninjured, troopers said.
This crash remains under investigation.
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