RUTLAND, FLORIDA — A 38-year-old Crystal River man was killed Wednesday morning after he failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into the path of a semi-truck at a Sumter County intersection, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of County Road 470 and State Road 44 near Rutland. FHP said the Crystal River man was driving a Kia Soul northbound on CR-470 when he failed to stop at a posted stop sign and entered the intersection. A 60-year-old Ocala man driving a semi-truck eastbound on SR-44 struck the Kia. The Kia driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The semi-truck driver sustained minor injuries and was not hospitalized.
The crash remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
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