A 78-year-old Clermont man was killed on Tuesday evening after his SUV struck a parked vehicle in Orange County.
The fatal collision occurred at around 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, near the intersection of 18th Street and Woods Street, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
The elderly man was traveling eastbound on 18th Street, west of the Woods Street intersection, in a 2012 Ford Escape. A second vehicle, identified in the report as a 2022 Chrysler Pacifica, was parked facing west on 18th Street, near the same intersection.
An FHP trooper mentioned in the report that the Chrysler was unoccupied.
For reasons that are unknown, the man failed to see the parked Chrysler, and his SUV collided head-on with the vehicle.
The man was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. The report stated that it is unknown if he was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.
The crash remains under investigation, according to FHP.