July 8, 2024

Head-On Crash On Fruitville Road Critically Injures Two Sunday Afternoon

SARASOTA – Florida Highway Patrol announced a head-on crash involving two pickup trucks has injured three people, two of them critically.

The accident began as a pickup truck driven by a 24-year-old man from Lakewood Ranch was driving a pickup truck heading eastbound on Fruitville Road, west of Vic Edwards Road, with a 24-year-old woman riding as a passenger.

As the truck traveled east, a second pickup-truck driven by a 70-year-old man from Sarasota was heading west on Fruitville Road opposite the other vehicle within the westbound lanes.

At 2:36:00 PM, the eastbound pickup truck crossed the center line and entered the westbound lanes of travel into the path of the oncoming westbound pickup truck.

The front of the eastbound pickup crashed head-on with the front of the westbound truck.

The impact resulted in both the driver and passenger of the eastbound vehicle sustaining critical injuries and later being taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The driver of the westbound pickup was also injured in the crash. FHP has stated that the crash remains under investigation.

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