A 71-year-old Ocklawaha man died at the scene of a crash Wednesday night in Lake County.
He had been driving a 2002 Cadillac Escalade at 8:39 p.m. westbound on State Road 40 east of Deerfly Road south of Lake George when he traveled across the centerline and into the direct path of a semi driven by a 49-year-old man from Denver, Colo., according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The semi had been eastbound on State Road 40.
The Ocklawaha man was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the semi, a 25-year-old man from Los Angeles, Calif., suffered minor injuries and was transported to AdventHealth in Deland. The semi driver was not injured…