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Updated: Three People Injured In Highway 97 Crash
September 12, 2025
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 just north of Kansas Road Friday morning.
The crash involved a car and a pickup truck around 8:00 a.m. about 3.5 miles south of an unrelated fatal crash on Highway 97.
The Florida Highway Patrol said that a pickup truck driven southbound by a 72-year old McDavid man veered into into the northbound lane and collided with a car.
The pickup truck driver received only minor injuries and refused medical treatment. The driver of the silver car, a 68-year-old Cantonment woman, was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with serious injuries. Her 63-year-old male passenger was also transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with minor injuries.
RELATED STORY: Highway 97 Crash Claims One Man’s Life
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7 Responses to “Updated: Three People Injured In Highway 97 Crash”
97 needs to be widened. High speeds are a problem but not the main issue. I drive on 97 every day. I have had people cross the center line maybe 5 times in the last 8 years. Twice I avoided a head on collision, one time having to run off the road. People are distacted, probably playing with their phones. Passing around corners and over hills I see all the time. People take so many risks on that road. Widening 97 would probably help. 4 lanes would definitely help a lot.
I grew up over there in the 90’s and the road is not the problem. The traffic has quadrupled since the casino was built. Also, everyone ask the cops to come do enforcement but then complain that cops are writing tickets to everyone. I fully endorse the ticket writing but that level of enforcement needs to be strongly backed and supported by the community.
It’s funny everyone say FHP under staff.Go down Pineforest rd or Blue angle or Hwy 98 from Navy Blvd 6 to 8 FHP patrolling???So don’t tell me they under staffed
Chip; why won’t you patrol 97?
MyGOD praying for the family
Praying for the family
97 since the casino AND nothing against the casino-I am a frequent goer—BUT it has always been the open road wind in your hair type speeding and MOST of all open road type thinking KNOWING they probably won’t get a ticket mentality