Wrong-way, head-on crash leaves one dead; now under investigation

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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a pickup truck versus pickup truck crash on State Road 776 in Charlotte County.

FHP responded to the scene at SR-776, also known as Veterans Blvd., and Madaca Lane around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning.

Preliminary information from the agency stated that truck one, driven by a 69-year-old Punta Gorda man, was traveling the wrong way on SR-776, which resulted in a head-on collision.

The driver of that truck died on the scene.

The second truck had three people in it: a 32-year-old Englewood man and two other females.

FHP did not release their ages. All three suffered minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by the FHP Traffic Homicide Unit.

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