Staff report
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A 64-year-old Alachua man and two Orlando men were killed last night when the Alachua man’s vehicle hit an oncoming vehicle while he was trying to pass two other cars on State Road 100 in Putnam County.
At about 7:06 p.m. on October 1, the Alachua man was driving a sedan eastbound on State Road 100 near Bardin Road when he crossed into the westbound travel lane in an attempt to pass two vehicles in front of him. Florida Highway Patrol reported that while passing, he failed to observe the closing distance between his vehicle and a sedan driven by a 23-year-old Orlando man, and the front left of the Alachua man’s vehicle collided with the front left of the Orlando man’s car. The second occupant of the Orlando man’s car was a 26-year-old Orlando man…