Pasco County, FL (July 18, 2018) – A crash that happened on US 301 in Pasco County left one teenager dead and two others seriously injured. The teenager who lost her life, according to police, was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the SUV that she was in.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated and found that a 15-year-old girl was killed in the accident after her severe injuries stemming from the crash. The crash involved four vehicles and three others were injured, one of which only had minor injuries.
15-year-old Keely Rai Oltmanns died at the Regional Medical Center after sustaining severe injuries in the crash. 17-year-old Abigail Trammel, 15-year-old Robert Stinson, and Jarod Dobson were all taken to the hospital from various vehicles involved in the crash.
The crash took place around 7:09 p.m. at an intersection on US 301. Trammel was in a Ford Explorer SUV at the time. The Explorer did not stop for flashing red signals at the intersection, entering into the path of one of the other vehicles. The vehicle was struck and collided with two other vehicles around the area of a fence.
Oltmanns was in the rear seat of the SUV and was ejected at the time.
Every 92 seconds in Florida, there is a reportable auto accident. Somebody will lose their life every 3 hours on our roadways, in fact. Our condolences are with you if you have lost somebody close to you in a serious crash.
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