2-vehicle head-on crash kills 2, injures 1 in Dixie County

Two people were killed and one critically injured when two pickups collided head-on at the intersection of NE 592nd Street and NE 173rd Avenue in Dixie County on Friday night.
Two people were killed and one critically injured when two pickups collided head-on at the intersection of NE 592nd Street and NE 173rd Avenue in Dixie County on Friday night.
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Two people were killed and one critically injured when two pickups collided head-on in Dixie County on Friday night.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a male driver (unknown age and unknown town) was driving a pickup, and a 24-year-old Old Town man was driving the other pickup when the two collided head-on at the intersection of NE 592nd Street and NE 173rd Avenue at 9:49 p.m.

Emergency responders pronounced the unknown male driver dead on scene and flew his 35-year-old Old Town female passenger to a local hospital with critical injuries where she was pronounced dead. The two were reportedly not wearing seatbelts.

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The 24-year-old Old Town man was also flown to a local hospital and is in critical condition. It was not known if he was wearing a seatbelt.

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