Crash reported on on Barr Street and Florida Avenue

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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A crash Saturday morning in Seminole County that involved a side-by-side left the vehicle’s driver dead and a passenger with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 5:17 a.m. on Barr Street and Florida Avenue, involving a 2023 Polaris RZR XP1000, troopers said.

According to a preliminary crash report, the 24-year-old Oviedo man driving the side-by-side was pronounced dead at the scene while his passenger, a 21-year-old Oviedo man, was hospitalized for treatment of serious injuries.

A sequence of events leading up to the crash is still being investigated, troopers said.

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