Woman dies, man critically injured in crash on CR484

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A 69- year-old Dunnellon woman died and a 74-year-old Dunnellon man was critically injured Saturday as the result of a traffic crash in southwest Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.

The crash occurred on County Road 484 at Southwest 110th Avenue around 12:40 p.m., an FHP press release stated.

According to the release, the victim was a passenger in an SUV that was traveling west on CR484 when a sedan being driven east on CR 484 by a 38-year-old man, with a 40-year-old female passenger, both of Dunnellon, attempted to turn left from CR 484 onto Southwest 110th Avenue and “traveled directly into the path” of the SUV.

The front of the sedan collided with the left side of the SUV, the press release stated.

The SUV traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, and the passenger was ejected.

The SUV driver and the victim were not wearing seat belts, according. The occupants of the sedan wore seat belts and were not injured, the press release indicated.

The victim was pronounced deceased on the scene by Marion County Fire Rescue and the SUV driver was transported to a local hospital.