The crash Friday evening on Florida's Turnpike in Osceola County claimed the life of a Miami woman and seriously injured two others, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. Friday in the northbound lanes near mile marker 226, about 14 miles south of the Clay Whaley Road interchange. According to FHP's report, a 19-year-old woman from Orlando driving a Chevy Equinox in the left lane traveled onto the inside shoulder, then overcorrected back onto the road into the path of a Hyundai Accent driven by a 40-year-old Miami woman. The two cars ran off the right shoulder, where the Hynduai collided with a tree.
The driver and a 68-year-old front seat passenger were transported to HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, where the passenger was later pronounced deceased; the driver was in serious condition as of FHP's last update. A nine-year-old girl in the back seat was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital where she was in critical condition as of FHP's last update. The Orlando woman was not injured.
For much of Friday night the right shoulder was blocked by the crash, which remains under investigation, FHP said.
