A Dunnellon man was killed early Friday morning in a three-vehicle crash in Marion County.
Ryan F. McCallops, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:55 a.m. crash on SW Hwy. 200, which was about one mile east of SW 115th Avenue.
McCallops had been eastbound in a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier when his vehicle crossed the center line and first struck a 2003 GMC Yukon driven by 32-year-old Sara M. Molina, of Ocala, and then slammed head-on into a Ford F-150 pickup driven by 19-year-old Jacob D. Altom, 19, of Summerfield, a Florida Highway Patrol report states.
Altom was seriously injured in the crash and was transported to Ocala Regional Medical Center. Molina received minor injuries, as did Altom’s passenger, 29-year-old Emmitt R. Gore, of Ocala. Everyone involved in the incident was wearing a seatbelt, the report says, adding that it’s unclear if alcohol was involved in the crash.
A GoFundMe account was set up to help pay for McCallops’ burial expenses. As of Monday night, $1,750 had been donated to the account, which also will go toward his fiancée and unborn child, a boy that’s due Dec. 10, the account page said.
According to a Facebook post from Altom’s mother, Belinda, of Ocala, he was released from the hospital late Saturday afternoon. She said he suffered a dislocated hip, is extremely sore and can’t yet walk or put pressure on his leg.