MULBERRY, Fla. — A two-vehicle crash on New Year's Day in Mulberry left one person dead and two others injured, the sheriff's office said. It was the third day in a row the sheriff's office investigated a fatal crash.
According to a press release, first responders were sent to the intersection of State Road 60 and Coronet Road around 6 p.m.
Detectives said Aubrey Hills, 39, of Mulberry, was driving a Kia sedan when she tried to turn left onto S.R. 60 from Coronet Road and entered the path of a Ford F150 pickup.
Hills suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, authorities said. Her passenger, a 40-year-old man from Mulberry, was treated for minor injuries, the sheriff's office said.
The 29-year-old man from Dundee who was driving the pickup was also treated for minor injuries. His passenger, a 26-year-old woman from Gibsonton, was not injured.
The sheriff's office said the crash remains under investigation.
