Man dead, child among 2 hurt after head-on crash in Astatula, troopers say

ASTATULA, Fla. – A 50-year-old Ocoee man died after a head-on crash Friday in Astatula that sent another man and a 7-year-old girl to the hospital,...

January 21, 2023
5:46 PM

ASTATULA, Fla. – A 50-year-old Ocoee man died after a head-on crash Friday in Astatula that sent another man and a 7-year-old girl to the hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The crash occurred at 4:15 p.m. on County Road 561, just north of Georgia Avenue, troopers said.[TRENDING: Woman ‘randomly shooting at vehicles' arrested in death of Orange County mother, sheriff's office says | Why are some streetlights turning purple across Central Florida? | Become a News 6 Insider]According to a crash report, the Ocoee man was driving a pickup truck southbound as a second pickup truck traveled northbound, occupied by a 36-year-old man and the 7-year-old girl, both of Eustis.

Brandon Hogan