FREEPORT — A woman died early Thursday in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 331, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Samuel Depriest, 21, of Panama City Beach was driving a 2003 Mitsubishi SUV south on U.S. 331 about two miles north of State Road 20 at 12:30 a.m. when he moved into the northbound lane to pass another vehicle, the FHP reported. Depriest never returned to the southbound lane and struck a northbound 1998 Mitsubishi two-door driven by 23-year-old Alicia Marie Forest of DeFuniak Springs head-on.
Forest died at the scene.
Depriest’s SUV was disabled in the road and was hit by a northbound 2007 Toyota Camry driven by 60-year-old Susan Marie Przybylek of Milton, according to the FHP.
Depriest and his passenger, 75-year-old Dorothy Depriest of Panama City, were taken to Bay Medical Center with serious injuries.
Przybylek was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast with minor injuries. Her passenger, 32-year-old Amber Cristin Przybylek of Philadelphia, suffered minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital. A second passenger, 32-year-old Ryan Michael Bell of Philadelphia, was not injured.
The FHP is investigating the accident.