ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash on State Road 528 Monday morning that left one person dead and sent seven others to the hospital.
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The crash happened just after 8 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the highway just to the west of the State Road 520 overpass in Orange County.
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Troopers say a 75-year-old Cocoa Beach woman driving a BMW was positioned in the inside eastbound lanes directly in front of a Ford Transit van that was also traveling eastbound.
According to FHP, the BMW driver lost control and ran off the left side of the road then overcorrected back to the right, directly into the path of the transit van.
The front of the BMW hit the back of the van, causing the van to spin off the left side of the road.
Orange County Traffic Alert:
— FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) April 10, 2023
State Road 528 eastbound is currently blocked at mile marker 33 due to a fatal crash. Traffic is being diverted off of State Road 520 in the Christmas area. Troopers are on-scene to investigate. Drivers need to use caution and find an alternate route. pic.twitter.com/55EwWsizFc
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Crash investigators say the driver of the van then made their own overcorrection to the right, traveling back across all eastbound lanes before colliding with a guardrail and flipping onto its right side in the roadway.
A passenger in the van- identified only as an adult female- was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the van, identified as a 45-year-old Kissimmee man, and six other passengers were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center to be treated for minor injuries.
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The woman driving the BMW ended up coming to a stop on the grass shoulder on the right side of the road. She wasn’t injured and stayed at the scene to talk to troopers.
Eastbound lanes of State Road 528 were shut down for hours while troopers investigated the crash, but the roadway has since been cleared. The crash remains under investigation.
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