2-vehicle Clay County accident claims 1, injures 3

Aug 23, 2022 12:23 pm
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A Gainesville woman died and three other people were seriously injured in a Monday evening collision along US Highway 301 in Clay County.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, a 46-year-old Gainesville male was driving a sedan north on US Highway 301 around 6:54 p.m. when he veered left across the grass median into the path of an SUV being driven south by a 55-year-old Chiefland male. The collision occurred near County Road 218 north of Lawtey.

The head-on collision killed a 26-year-old Gainesville female passenger in the sedan and seriously injured the driver. Both the SUV driver and 52-year-old Chiefland female passenger were seriously injured.

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  • C.J. Gish

    C.J. Gish is the senior editor for Mainstreet Daily News. He is a Pacific Northwest transplant who grew up in Oregon and moved to Florida in 2018. C.J. has spent more than 30 years in media, public relations and marketing, including stints as a newspaper reporter, working at two TV stations (FOX and ABC) in Boise, and as a media specialist for Eastern Oregon University. C.J. enjoys sports, especially the NFL and NBA, and is the father to three amazing adult children. Send story ideas to editor@mainstreetdailynews.com

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sandy

do you happen to know abt the whereabouts of the female victim? i think this is the news about the person i am looking in the the internet.

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C.J. Gish

Unfortunately, we do not. We only go by the report that the Florida Highway Patrol sends us and it comes with no names and this report did not mention which hospital(s) the injured were sent to.

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