FHP: Cocoa woman dies, man & 3 children hospitalized in crash

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Cocoa woman has died after a crash in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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Troopers said the crash happened around midnight on Saturday near the Max Brewer Memorial Parkway and Black Point Wildlife Drive.

According to a news release, the 25-year-old driver was traveling in the eastbound lane and began traveling southeast, ran off the road and hit a tree.

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Investigators said the SUV kept driving on the road, and the front of the car hit another tree before overturning.

The car stopped in a water-filled ditch and then became partially submerged.

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FHP said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The passengers, a 28-year-old man, an 8-year-old girl, a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, were transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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FHP said the crash remains under investigation.

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