One driver is dead and another sent to the hospital after a wrong-way crash on U.S. Highway 27 in Lake County early Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred at 1:54 a.m. north of Frank Jarrell Road on the stretch of U.S. 27 between State Road 50 and U.S. Highway 192 south of Clermont, according to an FHP report.

A 27-year-old Windermere man was driving a 2019 Audi Q5 southbound at a high rate of speed, according to a witness. The witness told FHP the Audi began traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes of the highway.

The Audi then collided head-on with a 2021 Toyota Camry driven by 28-year-old Orlando man, the report stated.

The Camry driver was pronounced dead on the scene while the Audi driver was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center with s

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