SUMTER COUNTY, Florida—Three Leesburg residents were seriously injured, a Wildwood man was killed, and two others suffered minor injuries shortly before 10 p.m. Monday in a three-vehicle crash in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
An 18-year-old Leesburg man was driving a sedan westbound on County Road 466 when he ran the red light at the intersection of Buena Vista Boulevard, FHP Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in a press release.
The first sedan collided with left side of a second sedan, being driven by a 27-year-old Wildwood man; both vehicles 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. 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.
The intersection was closed for more than seven hours, according to a Facebook post by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
