JULY 11, 2015
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
An Orlando woman was killed and three people were injured in a wrong-way crash in Seminole County, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.
Troopers said Awilda Figueroa Olma, 49, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of State Road 417 near Rinehart Road when she struck another car just before 3 a.m. Sunday.
Figueroa Olma hit Rachelle Case, 25, of Geneva, head-on, causing Case’s car to overturn into the median, troopers said.
Figueroa Olma got out of her car and was standing in the roadway when a third driver, a 49-year-old Longwood man, struck her Chrysler, slamming it into her and killing her, reports said.
The man could not stop in time to avoid the collision, troopers said.
Figueroa Olma died, and the man suffered serious injuries, along with a 31-year-old passenger in Figueroa Olma’s vehicle.
Both were taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital.
Case suffered minor injuries.
The crash is still under investigation. Troopers do not know why Figueroa Olma was driving the wrong way on SR 417.
Troopers said Awilda Figueroa Olma, 49, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of State Road 417 near Rinehart Road when she struck another car just before 3 a.m. Sunday.
Figueroa Olma hit Rachelle Case, 25, of Geneva, head-on, causing Case’s car to overturn into the median, troopers said.
Figueroa Olma got out of her car and was standing in the roadway when a third driver, a 49-year-old Longwood man, struck her Chrysler, slamming it into her and killing her, reports said.
The man could not stop in time to avoid the collision, troopers said.
Figueroa Olma died, and the man suffered serious injuries, along with a 31-year-old passenger in Figueroa Olma’s vehicle.
Both were taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital.
Case suffered minor injuries.
The crash is still under investigation. Troopers do not know why Figueroa Olma was driving the wrong way on SR 417.