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2 killed in hit & run crash in Lake County

By WFTV.com News Staff

By WFTV.com News Staff

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for a driver they say caused a crash in Lake County that killed two people, then left the scene.

Troopers responded to State Road 46 near the intersection with Wekiva Pines Blvd. in Sorrento just after 6:30 p.m. for a crash involving multiple vehicles.

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According to investigators, the driver of a vehicle described only as a possibly red sedan was Westbound on SR-46 attempting to pass other cars in an area designated as a no-pass zone due to construction in the area.

Troopers say another vehicle driven by a 22-year-old Orlando man was headed eastbound and swerved to avoid the oncoming car but overcorrected and ended up driving into oncoming traffic.

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Troopers say the 22--year-old driver struck a third car head-on. The at-fault vehicle also sideswiped the third vehicle before leaving the scene, continuing westbound on SR-46.

A 56-year-old Eustis woman who was driving the third vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger in the second vehicle, identified only as a 19-year-old Eustis woman, died later at Central Florida Regional hospital. The 22-year-old driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

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Witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a red passenger vehicle, possibly a Hyundai, with damage and black paint transfer on the driver’s side.

FHP is asking anyone with information about the vehicle or who might have been driving it at the time of the crash to contact Crimeline or FHP at (407) 737-2213.

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