Florida woman killed in wrong-way crash on I-4 in Orange County: FHP
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WINTER PARK, Fla. - A Deltona woman is dead after her car was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 4 in Orange County early Sunday, according to troopers.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 2 a.m. on I-4 West at Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park.
Authorities said the 27-year-old woman was traveling westbound on the interstate in a Volkwagen EOS when the driver of a Jeep Renegade traveling eastbound hit her car head-on. The woman was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she died of her injuries.
The driver of the Jeep, a 36-year-old Sanford man, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
FHP said a third car was struck following the initial collision, but no one inside the car was hurt.
The westbound lanes were blocked in the area for hours but reopened shortly before 7 a.m.
The crash remains under investigation.