SUWANNEE COUNTY, Fla. – Several people were injured Tuesday after several vehicles crashed in the area of State Road 47 and Brentwood Way.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 21-year-old woman in a station wagon was driving south on SR 47 when she drove off the shoulder of the road in an attempt to missing hitting the back of a vehicle that had stopped in front of her. The woman in that vehicle was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
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Troopers said following that crash, congestion on the roadway caused a 67-year-old man who was driving a Ford car to come to a stop. A 16-year-old girl in a Honda CRV behind him did not stop in time and struck the back of his car.
The FHP said a man in a van traveling behind the CRV came to a stop after the crash, but a man in a Ford Explorer behind him failed to stop and collided with the back of the van. Two people traveling inside the Explorer were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
SR 47 traffic was blocked due to the crash.
The driver of the station wagon was charged with failing to maintain a single lane and the 16-year-old girl and the man driving the Explorer were charged with careless driving.