1 dead, 1 seriously injured after early morning crash in Wimauma: FHP
WIMAUMA, Fla. - An 18-year-old was killed and a passenger seriously injured in a crash in Wimauma early Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
According to FHP, a Chrysler PT Cruiser was driving south on US-301, approaching Lightfoot Road, when for an unknown reason, it drifted across the centerline and off the roadway. The car then began to overturn.
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It came to a rest facing north, overturned on the east shoulder of US-301, according to FHP.
The driver, an 18-year-old from Wimauma, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash. A 42-year-old female passenger from Wimauma who was traveling in the vehicle suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.