Palatka, FL – A crash in Putman County left one man injured and a 73-year old man dead on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The collision happened on Silver Lake Drive and West Peniel road at around 1:55 p.m.
The driver of a Jeep Wrangler, Reddick Charles Cannon, was driving north on West Peniel Road, approaching the intersection of Silver Lake Drive, as a Chevrolet Cavalier headed east on Silver Lake Drive approaching the same intersection.
Troopers said that Cannon entered the intersection right in the path of the Chevrolet.
Both vehicles came to a rest off the roadway in the northeast corner of the intersection as the front of the Chevy crashed into the left side of the Jeep Wrangler.
The driver of the Chevrolet has not been identified and only suffered minor injuries.
Cannon was pronounced dead at the site of the crash.
