One dead, another severely injured in two-vehicle crash on Schofield Road

One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash on Schofield Road, west of Five Mile Road in Lake County, occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. this morning. 

The 52-year-old male from Clermont, who was the driver of vehicle one — a 2018 Nissan Maxima — was pronounced dead at the scene. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle two — a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee — from Orlando, was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. 

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are currently on the scene investigating the crash and there is currently a roadblock near the accident on Schofield Road.