PALATKA, Fla. – An 18-year-old man was killed and a 20-year-old woman was critically injured Sunday in a single-vehicle crash south of Palatka.
According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, Rhett Timothy McCool of Palatka was driving a Chevrolet Silverado north on Browns Landing Road shortly before 7 p.m. when, for reasons unknown to investigators, the truck veered off the road and hit a tree. The impact caused McCool and passenger Brittney Kristen Green to be thrown from the truck, FHP said.
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McCool, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene and Green, 20, was taken to UF Health in Gainesville with critical injuries.
Neither passenger was wearing a seatbelt, according to the FHP report.