Woman dies after her SUV collides with pickup truck, hits tree: FHP

A 61-year-old Gainesville woman was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash on State Road 26 near the Department of Corrections Gainesville Work Camp, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Troopers were called to the crash shortly after 8 a.m. on State Road 26 just north of East University Avenue. FHP says the woman was driving southwest on SR 26 in an SUV and was preparing to turn right into the entrance of the Gainesville Work Camp.Troopers said a pickup truck was traveling behind the SUV and swerved onto the right shoulder in an attempt to avoid it. FHP said the front left of the pickup struck the front right of the SUV at the entrance to the work camp.FHP said after the initial impact, the SUV was redirected across the roadway to the opposite shoulder, where it hit a tree.The woman was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital, where she died. The occupants of the pickup truck were a 20-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man. FHP says they were not injured and were both wearing seatb