Released by the Florida Highway Patrol …
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports that three Jackson County residents died in a two vehicle crash July 6th on State Road 71 in Jackson County.
According to the FHP, Misael Gonzalez, 30, of Marianna, Florida, was traveling southbound on State Road 71 in a 2005 Mazda, while 26-year-old Dennis Brian Hancock of Campbellton, Florida was northbound on the highway traveling in a 2014 Hyundai Elantra.
The FHP reports that as the vehicles approached each other the Mazda began to drift to the left into the path of the Hyundai. The Hyundai’s driver took evasive action to the left; however, the front of the Mazda collided with the front of the Hyundai.
The Mazda came to final rest facing eastward, blocking SR 71. The Hyundai came to final rest facing westward on the west shoulder of the roadway.
Both drivers and a passenger in the Hyundai, 26-year olf Victoria Christine Blighton, of Marianna, Florida died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.