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Lake Placid woman dies in Sumter crash
TBO.com
Published: April 22, 2012
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the late Saturday afternoon single-car wreck that claimed the life of a 65-year-old Lake Placid woman in Sumter County.Published: April 22, 2012
Troopers said a 2003 Chevrolet Impala driven by Etienne Exiles Delphin, 73, of Lake Placid was eastbound on State Road 44 just east of Walker Road when, around 4:30 p.m., the car veered off the pavement and struck a bridge railing.
The impact sent the car airborne and overturn before coming to rest on the shoulder of the road. The passenger, Maria Benita Delphin, was taken to Leesburg Regional Medical Center, where she later was pronounced dead.
Etienne Delphin was taken to Shands Hospital in Gainesville where he was admitted in serious condition, troopers said.
No charges were immediately filed.