FHP: Lake City woman critically hurt in two-vehicle crash

Troopers said the woman was not wearing a seatbelt

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LAKE CITY, Fla. – A 25-year-old Lake City woman was hospitalized in critical condition early Tuesday after a rear-end collision in Columbia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers said a sport-utility vehicle driven by Alyssa West was heading south on State Road 25 about 7 a.m. when it struck another vehicle traveling ahead of it.

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West, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville to be treated for critical injuries, troopers said.

The other driver, 64-year-old Pierre Avesca, was not hurt.