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FHP: Passenger in Hernando SUV overturn crash dies from injuries

 
Published Sept. 25, 2016

A 26-year-old man has died from his injuries days after the SUV he was in overturned north of Weeki Wachee, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Nicholas C. Leitner Jr., of Weeki Wachee, was in critical condition following the Tuesday crash on Knuckey Road west of Leisure Lane. The driver, Christine L. Nelson, lost control of her 1997 Chevrolet Blazer while driving west. The car veered off the road, then into the eastbound lane before flipping over, troopers said. Leitner and Nelson were thrown from the car.

Nelson, 32, died at the scene, according to the patrol. Leitner was taken to Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point. He died Saturday.