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Woman killed, man hurt in head-on crash: PCSO

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Published  December 23, 2024 12:16pm EST
Haines City
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A 24-year-old Kissimmee woman passed away on Sunday after a crash in Haines City on Saturday night.
    • The head-on crash sent a Lakeland man to the hospital with serious injuries.
    • Hatchineha Rd. was shut down in both directions for about three hours.

HAINES CITY, Fla. - A 24-year-old Kissimmee woman died after her car crashed head-on into a pickup truck in Haines City on Saturday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Witnesses told deputies that the two vehicles were heading in opposite directions on Hatchineha Rd., just east of Jennings Rd. N, when the woman, driving a Nissan Sentra, tried to pass the vehicle in front of her.

Map of the crash location, courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

The truck, driven by a 30-year-old Lakeland man, was heading eastbound, and both drivers tried to swerve out of the way, PCSO said.

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Both drivers went to the hospital, where the woman died from her injuries on Sunday.

Courtesy: Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

The pickup truck driver suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.

Hatchineha Rd. was shut down in both directions for about three hours.

PCSO is investigating the crash.

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