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ORLANDO, Fla. - A Spring Hill woman was struck and killed Sunday night while attempting to help an injured opossum along a Hernando County road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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What we know:
Troopers said the crash happened around 9:54 p.m. on Hexam Road, east of Eskimo Curlew Road. A 31-year-old Spring Hill man driving a Toyota Camry had stopped to check on the animal.
His wife, a 27-year-old passenger, got out of the vehicle to attend to the opossum when she was hit by a Chrysler 300 driven by a 19-year-old Weeki Wachee man.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died from her injuries, troopers said.
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The crash remains under investigation.
The Source: The information in this article comes from a report shared by the Florida Highway Patrol.