FHP: 21-year-old Leesburg woman dead after crash on SR-44 in Eustis
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - A 21-year-old Leesburg woman is dead after her pickup truck collided with another truck in Lake County Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the crash happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on State Road 44 and Bottany Woods Drive in Eustis.
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In a news release, FHP said the woman was driving her truck westbound on SR-44, when for "unknown reasons" her truck veered onto a grass shoulder, overcorrected, and entered the eastbound lane in front of an oncoming truck. Troopers said she died at the scene.
Authorities said the collision caused the 45-year-old man who was behind the wheel of the other truck to lose control. His truck overturned and landed on its roof. He suffered minor injuries, the news release stated.
There were no passengers in either truck.