A wrong-way driver crash involving four cars left three people dead early Sunday on State Road 44, east of Interstate 4 in Volusia County, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
A Gray Toyota Tacoma driving westbound on State Road 44 in the eastbound lane around 2:20 a.m. crashed head-on into a Black Infinity Q50, which then hit the center median; then a third vehicle crashed into the Toyota and a fourth car crashed into the debris, FHP said.
The suspected driver of the Toyota ran away from the crash and troopers deployed a K-9 but were unable to locate the man whose identity is still unknown, FHP said. Two passengers in the suspected driver’s vehicle sustained serious injuries, the report said.
A 22-year-old man who was driving the Infinity suffered serious injuries as well as all his passengers. A 21-year-old woman, another man and another woman whose ages have not been released, sustained fatal injuries, FHP said.
The drivers of the third car, a 30-year-old man, and the fourth car, a 60-year-old woman, sustained minor injuries, FHP said.
The investigation is ongoing and family members of the deceased have yet to be notified.
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