SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – One person is dead following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 301 in Sumter County on Thursday afternoon, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).
The crash occurred around 2:00 PM on October 16, 2025, near the intersection of County Road 771.
Troopers say that a 71-year-old Bushnell man, driving a Ford F350 pickup truck, was traveling northbound on US-301 when he crossed the center line for unknown reasons.
The pickup truck collided head-on with a Dodge Grand Caravan traveling in the southbound lane. The force of the initial collision then propelled the Dodge Grand Caravan into a third vehicle, a Chrysler 300, which was also traveling southbound.
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The driver of the Dodge Grand Caravan, a 63-year-old man from Lacoochee, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The drivers of the other two vehicles sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Ford F350, the 71-year-old man from Bushnell, and the driver of the Chrysler 300, an 18-year-old male from Spring Hill, were not transported for medical care.
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