Three dead, one in serious condition after fatal Highway 97 crash

A fatal crash on Highway 97 approaching Tungoil Road in Escambia County left three dead and one in serious condition.

A Florida Highway Patrol press release states that one vehicle driven by a Georgia man was traveling north on Highway 97 approaching Tungoil Road, while a second vehicle with three occupants from Tennessee was traveling south on Highway 97.

The two vehicles collided, killing the single occupant in the northbound vehicle, a 40-year-old man, and two occupants in the second vehicle, a 39-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man. The third passenger, a 37-year-old man, was seriously injured in the crash.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Three dead, one in serious condition after fatal Highway 97 crash