Middleburg man killed, Lake City woman seriously injured in crash near Turkey Creek

Staff report

ALACHUA, Fla. – A 33-year-old Middleburg man was fatally injured and an 18-year-old Lake City woman was seriously injured tonight in a crash on U.S. Hwy 441, just south of CR 237.

According to Florida Highway Patrol’s preliminary investigation, at about 8:40 p.m. on September 26, the Lake City woman was driving a sedan southbound on U.S. Hwy 441 and lost control of her vehicle for unknown reasons; her vehicle crossed the center median just south of CR 237, into the path of the Middleburg man’s pickup truck.

The Middleburg man’s pickup truck was traveling northbound, along with a sedan driven by a 23-year-old Brooker man and a sedan driven by an 18-year-old High Springs woman; an 18-year-old Gainesville man was a passenger in the High Springs woman’s sedan.

After the pickup truck hit the Lake City woman’s sedan, the sedan overturned and came to rest on its roof in the northbound right lane. The pickup truck traveled onto the northbound shoulder and came to rest facing north.

The other two vehicles were hit by debris from the crash.

The Lake City woman was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, and the Middleburg man was pronounced deceased at the scene. The occupants of the other two vehicles were not injured.

According to the FHP release, the Lake City woman was not wearing a seatbelt; all of the occupants of the other vehicles, including the Middleburg man, were wearing seatbelts.

The investigation is ongoing.