Three Citrus County motorists hospitalized after two trucks collide almost head on

At the same time, a 28-year-old Homosassa man was driving a green Ford Ranger west on Grover Cleveland Boulevard, approaching the same area.

According to FHP, the Chevrolet’s driver reached to his 10-year-old son sitting in the backseat to hand him back a cellphone, allowing his truck to drift into the westbound lane and strike the front left of the oncoming Ford.

A helicopter crew flew the Chevrolet’s driver to Ocala Regional Medical Center to be treated for “incapacitating” injuries, according to FHP. His son suffered “possible” injuries, but wasn’t taken to hospital by first responders.

Citrus County Fire Rescue ambulances took the Ford’s driver and his passenger, a 22-year-old Homosassa woman, to HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital and Bravera Health ER Citrus Hills, respectively, for their incapacitating injuries, according to FHP.

FHP troopers cited the Chevrolet’s driver for failing to drive in a single lane. Troopers also ticketed the Ford’s driver for driving without a license and for driving without a seat belt, and also cited his passenger for traveling without a seat belt.