{"id":54004,"date":"2025-02-15T13:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54004"},"modified":"2025-02-15T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:18:04","slug":"fatal-crash-us-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/02\/15\/fatal-crash-us-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Crash US-98"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"4e4a45\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54005 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4e4a45; width:451px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash1-2048x1536.webp 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Vehicle 1, a Genesis GV80, driven by a 28-year-old Orlando man, was traveling on southbound US-98.\u00a0 Vehicle 2, a Kia Soul, driven by a 51-year-old Lakeland man, was traveling northbound on US-98.\u00a0 South of Stranton Hall Drive, Vehicle 1 attempted to pass another vehicle, entered its<\/em><\/strong> path it<strong><em>, and struck Vehicle 2.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"4a2f30\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fatal-Pasco-Crash2-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54006 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4a2f30; 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