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The site of a deadly crash on SR-78 near Tomato Grade Road on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Credit: Google Maps A 9-year-old girl was killed and a 77-year-old woman seriously injured in a crash on SR-78 in Glades County on Sunday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, an SUV driven by a 30-year-old man from Okeechobee was towing a trailer south on SR-78, south of Tomato Grade Road, around 2:20 p.m. A sedan driven by a 46-year-old woman with the 9-year-old and the 77-year-old as her passengers, all from Okeechobee, was traveling north on SR-78. The man lost control of his SUV and traveled into the northbound lane, into the path of the car. The woman veered right to avoid the SUV, but the vehicles still collided. The car’s passengers were transported to an area hospital, where the 9-year-old girl was later pronounced dead. The crash remains under investigation.