A 42-year-old woman was injured when she apparently lost control of her vehicle and sideswiped four vehicles that waited to cross the Whitehair Bridge, authorities said.
Patricia Turner of Tavares was taken to Florida Hospital DeLand for minor injuries after the 3:56 p.m. crash on West New York Avenue, just east of the bridge, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Bissainthe said. The trooper said Turner was heading toward the bridge when she apparently lost control because of a reaction to her diabetic medication. Her two-door Saturn struck four vehicles that were at a stop because the drawbridge was up. None of the passengers in those vehicles was hurt. Bissainthe said a 3-year-old girl inside Turner's vehicle was unhurt because the child was buckled into a car seat.