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SUV Drives Into Pasco County Businesses: FL Highway Patrol

A driver who lost control of her SUV drove into a New Port Richey building that houses two businesses, a salon and a dentist, FHP said.

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A driver who lost control of her SUV drove into a New Port Richey building that houses two businesses, a salon and a dentist, Florida Highway Patrol said.
A driver who lost control of her SUV drove into a New Port Richey building that houses two businesses, a salon and a dentist, Florida Highway Patrol said. (Courtesy of Florida Highway Patrol)

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — An SUV drove into a building that houses two New Port Richey businesses on Tuesday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

The SUV was heading south on Roward Road just after 6 a.m. when the driver, a 36-year-old Port Richey woman, was unable to negotiate a curve in the road.

She left the road, crossed the median and northbound lanes of Rowan Road, and hit a wooden utility pole, FHP said.

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The SUV kept moving forward until it hit the unoccupied building where Talia’s Salon Spot and Orange Grove Dental Care are located, the agency said.

The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.

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