Driver killed, passenger seriously injured in crash caused by hog on SR-31

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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Traffic ahead of a roadblock caused by a deadly crash on SR-31/ Credit: WINK News

A driver was killed and his passenger seriously injured in a crash Monday morning on SR-31 in Charlotte County that another driver says was caused by a hog in the road.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by a 36-year-old man from Lehigh Acres was traveling north on SR-31, south of Bermont Road, around 5:45 a.m. A car driven by a 31-year-old man from Orlando, with a 55-year-old Apopka man as a passenger, was traveling south on SR-31, south of Bermont Road. A semitruck with a trailer, driven by a 20-year-old Wauchula man, was traveling also traveling south on SR-31, behind the car at a distance.

The pickup truck driver says he swerved left and entered the southbound lanes to avoid a hog in the roadway, which led to a head-on collision with the car. The car was redirected into the center of the travel lanes, where it stopped until the left front of the semitruck then collided with it.

The driver from Orlando was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. The crash remains under investigation.

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