PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — A 45-year-old Haines City man is dead after the SUV he was driving crashed head on into a tractor-trailer Wednesday. The wreck occurred at about 5 a.m. on State Road 19 and S. Marion Street in Putnam County.
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The victim was driving southbound on SR 19 when his vehicle traveled into the northbound lane directly into the path of the tractor trailer driven by a 61-year-old Ocala man, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states.
The victim was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured, the news release states.
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