Winter Garden woman dies in head-on collision on State Road 429

Florida Highway Patrol reports state the woman lost control over her vehicle.


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A 27-year-old Winter Garden woman died following a multiple-vehicle head-on, crash Monday, April 4, on State Road 429 at the Winter Garden Vineland Road exit.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, the woman was traveling northbound in a sedan when she lost control of her vehicle, crossed the median and hit head-on a southbound van pulling a small trailer. The van overturned on its right side. The sedan was redirected toward the median, and the woman was ejected from the car. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she died.

A third vehicle, an SUV, was unable to avoid colliding with debris from the initial crash.

Both drivers of the van and the SUV were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening conditions. 

The crash is still under investigation. 

 

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