Lake Placid man, 12-year-old girl killed in head-on crash involving hit-and-run vehicle: FHP
A head-on collision involving a hit-and-run vehicle on Harborview Road in Charlotte Harbor Saturday night left two people dead, including a 12-year-old girl, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Harborview Road and Laverne Street, FHP said.READ: Man arrested for murder in Bradenton overnight shooting: MCSOTroopers say the crash involved a Chevrolet sedan and a pickup truck. The truck had fled the scene of an earlier crash at Kings Highway and Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte, where no injuries were reported.The driver of the truck, a 25-year-old man from Lake Placid, was speeding on Harborview Road when he veered across the road while approaching a curve. The truck hit the sedan head-on, killing the truck driver and a 12-year-old female passenger in the sedan. The 44-year-old male driver of the sedan was critically injured and taken to a local hospital.
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