Three women die after wrong-way crash on State Road 40

The crash took place west of State Road 11, Florida Highway Patrol reported.


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  • | 10:00 a.m. January 5, 2024
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Three people were killed in a wrong-way crash on State Road 40 west of State Road 11 on Thursday, Jan. 4, Florida Highway Patrol reported.

A 55-year-old Orlando woman was driving east in the westbound lane around 9:04 p.m. when she crashed into the front of a sedan occupied by four women. 

FHP reports the Orlando woman, as well as the driver of the second vehicle, a 51-year-old woman from North Carolina, and her passenger, a 74-year-old woman from New York, were all pronounced dead at the scene.

The two other passengers in the sedan, a 45-year-old woman and 44-year-old woman, both from North Carolina, were transported to Halifax Health with non-life threatening injuries.

FHP reports the crash remains under investigation.


 

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