PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A man died and another man was injured when a pickup truck hit both of them while they were standing next to a lawnmower Wednesday evening in Putnam County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
FHP said the two men were standing next to a ride-on lawnmower in the eastbound lane on Towles Avenue, east of Robinson Avenue, when a 51-year-old man attempted to pass them in his pickup truck and struck them both.
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Both men were transported to a local hospital.
One of them, a 46-year-old from Palatka was treated and released from the hospital.
The other man, a 52-year-old from Palatka, died at the hospital.
Florida’s Move Over law requires drivers to move over a lane for first responders, sanitation and utility vehicles, wreckers, and road and bridge maintenance or construction vehicles. If you can’t move over, or when on a two-lane road, drivers are asked to slow to a speed that is 20 mph less than the posted speed limit or slow down to 5 mph when the posted speed limit is 20 mph or less.