3 dead including 5-year-old in Osceola County head-on crash
The crash happened at 2:51 p.m. when a 2018 Ford F-150 was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 441 at Yates Ranch Road, according to an FHP crash report.
The F-150 driving in the wrong lane struck a northbound 2021 Toyota Rav-4, the report said.
The Rav-4 ran off the roadway and overturned, killing three of its five occupants, all of whom were from Orlando. A 54-year-old woman and 34-year-old woman were pronounced dead on the scene. The 5-year-old boy was pronounced dead after being transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
The F-150 driver, a 34-year-old Jensen Beach man, and driver of the Rav-4, a 34-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and were transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center while a 9-month-old boy that was also passenger in the Rav-4 was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital with minor injuries.
Only the 34-year-old woman in the Rav-4 was not wearing a seatbelt, the report said.
This crash remains under investigation.
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