Crime & Safety
1 Killed, 1 Seriously Injured In Pasco County Crash: FL Highway Patrol
A speeding driver was killed, another driver seriously injured in an early Saturday morning crash on State Road 54, FL Highway Patrol said.
PASCO COUNTY, FL — A 23-year-old Port Richey man was killed after losing control of his Corvette while speeding on State Road 54 early Saturday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
He was heading west on State Road 54 when he lost control of his car on a curve in the road around 3 a.m.
He traveled across the center median and rotated while entering the path of another car, driven by a 43-year-old Hudson man, who was heading east on the road, FHP said. This caused the second driver to hit the Corvette’s driver’s side.
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The second driver was brought to an area hospital with serious injuries, FHP said. The speeding driver died at the scene.
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