Kissimmee man, St. Cloud woman killed in separate Monday crashes

Two Osceola County residents were killed in separate auto accidents on local roads Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol has reported.

In Orange County, a 26-year-old Kissimmee man was killed on the Beachline Expressway just east of Orlando International Airport just after 8:45 a.m. when the dump truck he was driving drifted from the center lane to the right lane into the path of a Porsche SUV driven by a 36-year-old Winter Park woman. The dump truck left the roadway, struck a pole and overturned onto its left side. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene; the female driver self-transported to the hospital with minor injuries, FHP spokesperson Lt. Kim Montes reported.

Then, just before 11 a.m., a 70-year-old woman was killed outside of Harmony High School while turning westbound onto U.S. Highway 192 from Arthur J. Gallagher Boulevard. FHP said she ran the left-turn red light and was struck on the driver's side by a westbound tractor trailer on 192. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene; three passengers were airlifted to Osceola Regional Medical Center with what FHP called non life-threatening injuries. The tractor trailer driver incurred minor injuries.

Both incidents remain under FHP investigation; the names of those involved have not been released.