PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Two people were killed in a chain-reaction Pinellas County crash on Saturday after one driver failed to stop for traffic, authorities said.
A 50-year-old Largo man was driving a Chevy Trax on U.S. Highway 19, south of Republic Drive, at about 10:35 p.m.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, he failed to stop for four other vehicles, which were all stopped in traffic in the inside and center lanes.
The Trax struck the rear of a Hyundai Sante Fe, which was propelled forward and struck three other vehicles.
The driver of the Trax died in the crash.
The driver of the Sante Fe, a 62-year-old Clearwater man, suffered a minor injury, but his passenger, a 54-year-old woman from Clearwater, was killed, the report stated.
Individuals in the three other vehicles were not injured.
The crash closed the northbound lanes of U.S. 19 until 2:07 a.m.
