SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A woman driving a Jeep on County Road 471 in Sumter County died after a crash with a semi trailer Wednesday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 5:15 p.m., north of Main Line Road, troopers said.

According to a preliminary FHP crash report, a 55-year-old Plant City woman was driving a Jeep Wrangler southbound on C.R. 471 as a 57-year-old Lakeland man drove a tractor-trailer northbound.

For an unknown reason, the Jeep entered the northbound lane and struck the trailer being towed by the Lakeland man, causing the Jeep to overturn in the roadway and eject the woman, the report states. The tractor-trailer entered the shoulder and struck a tree, troopers said.

The woman was taken to an area hospital and later died from her injuri

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