ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — A man is dead after he was hit "nearly head-on" by a van while riding his scooter Thursday night in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.
It happened just after 7:30 p.m. on Pretty Pond Road.
Troopers say a 74-year-old man was driving a van eastbound in the westbound lanes of Pretty Pond Road. A 43-year-old man was driving his electric scooter westbound.
The van driver crashed into the scooter "nearly head-on" west of the Chenken Road intersection, according to FHP.
The man on the scooter was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.
