Monitor Editor
CLAY HILL— The Florida Highway Patrol said two people were killed and four more were injured when a truck rear-ended a van Saturday morning.
According to an FHP report, the northbound truck pushed the van into an SUV as the van and SUV were accelerating from the traffic signal at U.S. 301 and County Road 218.
A 13-year-old girl and 10-year-old girl in the van were killed. Also critically injured were a 16-year-old girl and a 41-year-old woman in the van. Receiving serious injuries were a 15-year-old boy who was also a passenger in the van and the driver of the van: a 43-year-old man.
According to the FHP report, all six of the van occupants are from Ontario, Canada.
