ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA)— One person is dead and another hospitalized after a pick-up truck crossed over into oncoming traffic and hit a van.
The St. Petersburg Police Department responded to a crash around 1:37 a.m. Thursday.
According to the SPPD, a pick-up truck traveling eastbound on 5th Avenue North, approaching Lafayette Street North, before crossing into oncoming traffic and hitting a van head-on traveling westbound.
The driver of the truck, 72-year-old Charles Caravana was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers said the driver of the van, a 67-year-old woman, was taken to a nearby hospital, where she is in stable condition.
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