A woman was killed on Friday morning, and an elderly man was critically injured, after their vehicles collided on State Road 200 in Marion County.
At around 7:30 a.m., an 89-year-old man from Dunnellon was traveling southbound on State Road 200, south of County Road 484, in an SUV. At the same time, a second SUV, driven by a 43-year-old Ocala woman, was traveling northbound on State Road 200, according to the Florida Highway Patrol incident report.
FHP stated that the elderly man suffered from a possible medical incident, which caused his SUV to veer into the northbound lanes of State Road 200. Moments later, the front of his vehicle crashed into the front of the second SUV.
After the head-on collision, the first SUV came to a final rest in the northbound lane of State Road 200. The second SUV proceeded to travel across the southbound lanes of State Road 200 and onto the west grass shoulder before coming to a final rest, according to the report.
The elderly driver and sole occupant of the first SUV was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
The second SUV’s driver and sole occupant was also rushed to a local hospital, where she later succumbed to her fatal injuries at 8:03 a.m.
The names of the drivers involved in the fatal crash were not released by the Florida Highway Patrol.