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A Florida couple was killed when a driver swerved into the wrong lane and crashed into their vehicle head-on, according to police.
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driver → sign → police
The crash, which involved three vehicles and took place on Thursday afternoon in Auburndale, a city about 50 miles east of Tampa, claimed the lives of a 54-year-old man and his wife, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
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Office → involve → man
The couple was in a 2022 white Honda Accord driving down the westbound lane of the city's K-Ville Avenue around 12.20pm.
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couple → drive → 12.20pm
At the same time, a 29-year-old man driving a 2006 Ford F350 was driving close behind a 67-year-old man driving a 2004 Ford F150 in the eastbound lane.
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man → drive → lane
The 29-year-old began drifting in and out of the lane before rear-ending the F150 in front of him, according to police.
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old → begin → police
After the collision, the F350 swerved all the way across the center line and slammed directly into the couple's Honda Accord, police said.
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Photos from the site of the crash show the couple's car completely mangled and surrounded by debris on the side of the road.
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car → show → road
The husband was killed instantly.
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husband → kill → ?
His wife suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital before she was pronounced dead, according to police.
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she → suffer → police
A 54-year-old Florida man and his wife were killed after a 29-year-old man swerved into their lane, police said.
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police → kill → lane
The couple's mangled 2022 white Honda Accord is pictured
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The husband, who was driving, was killed instantly, and his wife succumbed to her injuries and died after she was extracted from the vehicle, police said
Neither of the other two drivers involved in the crash were harmed, police said.
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police → drive → crash
They were also not publicly identified.
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The Polk County Sheriff's Office said that the 29-year-old man who allegedly caused the crash showed no signs of impairment.
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It appears that he was not taken into custody.
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The sheriff's office said that the crash is under investigation and criminal charges are pending depending on the results.
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit was dispatched to investigate the crash around 12.50pm.
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Unit → dispatch → 12.50pm
The sheriff's office described its account of how the crash unfolded as the preliminary results of the unit's investigation.
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Roads near the site of the crash were closed for several hours before they reopened.
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Dispatch records reported by PulsePoint & Patrol show that deputies who responded to the crash advised that a person was trapped in a car around 12.30pm.
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person → report → 12.30pm
It appears that person was the wife of the man who died instantly in the Honda Accord.
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who → appear → Accord
The 29-year-old who allegedly caused the crash appears not to have been taken into custody, and police said charges are pending depending on the results of an investigation
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By 12.40pm, authorities advised that they were working on extracting the trapped passenger.
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They confirmed that she was successfully removed at 12.54pm.
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It is unclear what time the woman succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead.
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