SUMTER COUNTY, Florida—A 22-year-old Leesburg woman has succumbed to injuries she suffered from a three-vehicle crash in Sumter County Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, the woman was a passenger in a sedan being driven by a 27-year-old Wildwood man when the sedan was struck by another sedan being driven by an 18-year-old Leesburg man who ran a red light at the intersection of County Road 466 and Buena Vista Boulevard, according to FHP Sgt. Steve Gaskins.
Both sedans rotated and collided with a traffic sign support and the second sedan collided with the front of an SUV, being driven by a 46-year-old Ocala man. The Wildwood man in the second sedan was killed and his passenger, a 22-year-old Leesburg woman suffered serious injuries. She was transported to a local hospital, where she died Thursday, Gaskins said. The driver of the first sedan, and his passenger, both 18-year-old Leesburg men, also suffered serious injuries. The driver of the SUV, and his passenger, a 63-year-old Villages woman suffered minor injuries.
