PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A 9-year-old was killed and three others including two children were seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash in Putnam County.
According to troopers, a 44-year-old driver was traveling south on U.S. Highway 17 approaching Poor Farm Road just before 7 a.m. The report said the driver failed to reduce speed around the curve, causing the sports utility vehicle to go into the unpaved shoulder.
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The SUV then hit an embankment and went airborne, landing near trees and overturning, the report said. Two children were also ejected from the vehicle.
The 9-year-old died on the scene. The driver and the other two children were taken to the hospital in serious condition.