FREEPORT — A DeFuniak Springs woman died and two Bay County residents were seriously injured early Thursday morning in a wreck in Walton County.
Killed was Alicia Marie Forest, 23, DeFuniak Springs, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Samuel Depriest, 21, Panama City Beach, was driving a 2003 Mitsubishi SUV south on U.S. 331 about two miles north of U.S. 20 around 12:30 a.m. and drove into the northbound lane to pass another vehicle, an FHP report said. For some unknown reason, the SUV never returned to the correct lane and collided head on with a northbound 1998 Mitsubishi sedan driven by Forest. She died at the scene, FHP said.
The SUV then was hit by a northbound 2007 Toyota Camry driven by 60-year-old Susan Marie Przybylek of Milton.
Depriest and passenger Dorothy Depriest, 75, Panama City, were taken to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System with serious injuries, FHP said.
Przybylek was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital of the Emerald Coast with minor injuries. Her passenger, 32-year-old Amber Cristin Przybylek of Philadelphia, Pa., had minor injuries but was not taken to the hospital.
The FHP investigation is continuing, but the report said alcohol was not a factor in the crash and everyone involved was wearing seatbelts.
