CHARLOTTE COUNTY – Florida Highway Patrol announced that one person has been killed in a fatal crash that took place very early Wednesday Morning.

The crash began as a 21-year-old woman from Sarasota was driving a sedan heading southbound on State Road 31, approaching a traffic signal at the intersection with Bermont Road.

At the same time, a 33-year-old man from Miami Florida was driving a sedan heading west on Bermont Road (County Road 74) also approaching the same intersection.

At 1:00 AM at least one of the drivers failed to observe right-of-way and the front of the sedan driven by the westbound sedan crashed into the left side of the of the sedan driven by the woman from Sarasota as she traveled through the intersection.

The vehicles collided with extreme force, the woman’s sedan was redirected off the roadway where it collided with a street sign and overturned.

First responders pronounced the young woman deceased at the scene of the collision.

The man from Miami Florida suffered only minor injuries in the crash, and as taken to an area hospital.

FHP has stated in their report that they are investigating the collision to determine which vehicle had the right-of-way at the time of the accident.

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