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Oviedo Man Killed in SR 46 Crash Sunday Night

Inside Scoop, Unincorporated Lake / By Marilyn M. Aciego / January 16, 2023 / Fatality, FHP, Florida, Lake County / 1 minute of reading

SORRENTO, Florida—A 23-year-old Oviedo man was killed Sunday night after he ran off State Road 46, struck a fence and collided with a bridge support, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The man was driving a Ford F-450 eastbound on State Road 46, east of State Road 453 around 7:35 p.m. Sunday, when he ran off the road for an unknown reason, struck a fence, continued on and struck a bridge support, FHP Lt. Tara Crescenzi said in a press release.

The man was entrapped, and Lake County Fire Rescue and Mount Dora Fire Department responded to assist, sources told Inside Lake.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the crash remains under investigation.

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett, the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels, both in 2006 and an exclusive interview with then-Eustis Police Capt. Gary Winheim, who was ambushed and shot by a wanted felon in 2019. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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