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Pedestrian dies after being hit by two cars on State Road 54

By Meredith Rutland, Times Staff Writer
Published:
Updated: April 19, 2013 at 01:37 AM

A 21-year-old woman was killed in an early morning crash in Pasco County.

Lacey Alane Harrelson of Odessa was standing in the middle of State Road 54 about 3:20 a.m., according to a Florida Highway Patrol report, when she was hit by cars driven by William M. Daiek, 57, of Land O'Lakes and William Marshall Nance, 26, of Port Richey.

Harrelson was wearing dark clothes and wasn't in a crosswalk, and the drivers couldn't see her as they drove west, troopers said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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