67-year-old pedestrian struck, killed by SUV on Sand Lake Road

Early Monday morning, a 2010 Ford Escape struck and killed an elderly female pedestrian crossing Sand Lake Road not in marked crosswalk.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 11:30 a.m. October 7, 2024

Southwest Orange

Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash in which a 67-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by an SUV on Sand Lake Road at approximately 5:30 a.m. this morning.

The single vehicle involved in the incident — a 2010 Ford Escape driven by a 53-year-old male — was traveling eastbound in the center lane on Sand Lake Road, west of Turkey Lake Road.

According to FHP's press release, the elderly female pedestrian was not walking in a marked crosswalk as she traveled south across Sand Lake Road. The pedestrian walked in the direct path of the vehicle and collided with the front of the SUV.

She was pronounced dead on the scene by the responding authorities. The driver of the vehicle was not transported from the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.