1 killed, teen seriously injured in Crystal River moped crash

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - A teenager is in the hospital following a moped crash that killed an Inverness man on Sunday night. 

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 21-year-old Belleview woman was traveling eastbound on W. Norvell Bryant Highway around 7:30 p.m. when she crashed into a moped she was trying to pass just west of North Betty Point. 

Upon impact, troopers say the rider and a passenger fell off the moped. The rider was then run over by a 75-year-old Crystal River man, according to FHP. 

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The rider was taken to an area hospital where he died. The passenger, a 15-year-old boy from Homosassa, was also taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.   

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