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One dead, two injured after SUV is rear-ended on I-75

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NAPLES, Fla. -- We're getting new information this morning on a deadly crash Wednesday night on I-75 in Collier County.

Florida Highway Patrol says it happened in the southbound lanes at mile marker 102, just before the exit to Collier Boulevard.

Troopers say a Hyundai rear ended a Kia SUV just before 6 p.m.  The collision caused the Kia to flip over and landed in the median.

The Kia’s driver, a 50-year-old woman from Fort Lauderdale, died in the crash.  Two passengers in the Kia are in the hospital with serious injuries.  They have been identified as 49-year-old Alicia Ferguson of Davie and 40-year-old Karma Talomerna of Hallendale Beach.

Three people in the Hyundai had minor injuries.

FHP says charges may be filed pending the outcome of their investigation.