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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A 71-year-old New Smyrna Beach man died in a wrong-way crash late Thursday as he drove on State Road 44 in the area of State Road 415, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Ronald Luznar was driving south on State Road 415 at 11:40 p.m. in an SUV, when he turned left onto State Road 44, troopers said.
For an unknown reason, Luznar started driving east in the westbound lanes for about a quarter of a mile before hitting a Ford pickup truck head on, FHP said.
The driver of the truck, Justin Richards, 28, of New Smyrna Beach, was critically injured in the crash.
Luznar was killed, investigators said.
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