VENICE, FL – A driver and passenger succumbed to fatal wounds after their vehicle caught on fire after crossing SR-777 South and hitting another vehicle on River Road North Tuesday.
Once the vehicles made contact, the struck automobile then overturned, and that driver suffered serious injuries, ABC Action News reports. Immediately following the crash, the surviving motorist was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol were summoned to the scene, although FHP will be taking the lead on this investigation.
Authorities shut down both directions between West Villages Parkway and the four-lane/two-lane split was shut down for the standard investigation and scene clearance procedure.
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