1 Teen Dead, Another Critical Following US 301 Crash

LACOOCHEE, FL -- A 15-year-old Lakeland girl is dead and a 17-year-old Lake Wales girl is in critical condition following a crash on U.S. 301 and Trilby Road in Lacoochee.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, a Ford Explorer driven by Abigail Nicole Trammel of Lake Wales was traveling west on Trilby Road approaching the intersection of U.S. 301.

At the same time, a Ford F250 towing a utility trailer driven by Laramy Tuff Strickland, 21, of Bushnell was headed south on U.S. 301 approaching the intersection of Trilby Road.

Troopers say Trammel failed to stop at the flashing red light at the intersection and entered the path of the Ford pickup truck.

The pickup hit the left side of the Explorer, causing the Explorer to spin around, collide with a fence and then hit two cars parked at 21009 U.S. 301.

Keely Rai Oltmanns, 15, a passenger in the Explorer, wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the back seat of the Explorer during the collision. She was airlifted to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson where she later died.

Pasco Fire Rescue were called in to extricate Trammel and another passenger, Robert Stinson, 15, of Lakeland, from the Explorer. They were airlifted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Trammal is listed in critical condition and Stinson is in serious condition.

Strickland was not injured.

Image via Pasco Fire Rescue

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