A routine Saturday drive turned deadly in High Springs when a 69-year-old Sarasota woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash that troopers say started with a rear-end collision on U.S. Highway 27.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup driven by a 61-year-old man from Branford slammed into the back of the woman’s SUV while she was stopped in traffic, shoving her vehicle off the roadway. The pickup then continued forward and struck a second pickup. The two pickup drivers were not injured, and authorities reported that everyone involved had been wearing seatbelts.
FHP said the crash happened at about 12:44 p.m. The agency release, summarized by Alachua Chronicle, notes that the second pickup was driven by a 68-year-old man from Walhonding, Ohio, and that the Sarasota woman later succumbed to her injuries…