OCALA, Fla. – A 27-year-old Florida man was killed and a 69-year-old man was seriously injured early Wednesday in a wrong-way, head-on crash on U.S. 27 in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal two-vehicle wreck happened at 12:15 a.m. on U.S. 27, just east of NW 95th Avenue Road.
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According to the FHP, a Miami man was driving west in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 27 and crashed head-on with an SUV traveling east in the eastbound lanes.
The Miami man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an FHP crash report.
The SUV driver, a Perry man, suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital, troopers said.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts, the crash report stated.
U.S. 27 was closed for about five hours before reopening.
No other details have been released.