Two killed in head-on crash on State Road 70

Updated at 1:30 p.m. to correct location of crash.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision Dec. 14 on State Road 70 in Myakka City, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Investigators say an SUV was heading west on State Road 70 near Betts Road at about 8 p.m. when the driver switched into the oncoming lane to pass other traffic.

A pickup truck was in the oncoming lane; the vehicles hit head-on, troopers said. 

A passenger in the front seat of the SUV, a 56-year-old man from Bradenton, and the driver of the pickup truck, a 47-year-old man from Arcadia, were killed. The driver of the SUV was seriously injured and was hospitalized. 

Two other passengers in the SUV sustained minor injuries, investigators said.