Fatal crash in NE Marion County

[Photo courtesy FHP]

A 50-year-old Pennsylvania woman died and three people were seriously injured Nov. 23 after the vehicle the woman was driving reportedly crossed double yellow lines and collided with another vehicle in northeast Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred on County Road 314 in the vicinity of Northeast 170th Avenue around 7:30 p.m., an FHP press release stated.

According to a witness, the sedan driven by the woman was traveling west on CR 314 when it “attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead by traveling over the doubled yellow lines and onto the eastbound lane of County Road 314” and into the path of a sedan traveling east and driven by a 57-year-old Bullhead City, Arizona man, the press release stated.

The left front of the victim’s vehicle collied with the left front of the eastbound vehicle, the press release stated.

The victim, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was not wearing a seat belt. A 20- year-old passenger, who also was not wearing a seat belt, was seriously injured, according to the press release.

The driver of the eastbound sedan and a passenger, a 57-year-old woman from Bloomington, California, both of whom were wearing a seat belt, were seriously injured, the press release stated.