- Maslin Kurtz struck an alligator before crashing hard into a roadside pole.
- The crash left the young driver with multiple fractures, including her spine.
- Despite the severity, she is expected to make a full recovery from her injuries.
Encounters with wildlife on Florida roads are common, but they don’t usually end like this. For one woman in Sarasota, a collision with a 9-foot (2.8m) alligator turned into a violent crash that left her seriously injured and facing a long recovery.
The shock crash happened at around 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday when Maslin Kurtz was driving her Toyota 4Runner alongside Fruitville Road in Sarasota County. Kurtz slammed into the alligator as it lay across the road, although initially she didn’t realize what she had hit. The 4Runner then slammed into a pole.
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