Three Hospitalized After Valentine's Day Crash on SR 50 in Hernando County

Hernando County Fire Rescue said three people were hospitalized after a crash just after 8 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of State Road 50 and Richloam Clay Sink Road in Webster. The agency responded to the scene on Valentine’s Day night and emergency crews transported the injured to local hospitals, HCFR said.

Photos released by Hernando County Fire Rescue show a truck and an SUV with severe front-end damage at the Webster crash scene. Officials at the scene reported heavy vehicle damage; media accounts from local outlets noted the images and the two heavily damaged vehicles but did not identify drivers or occupants.

Officials have not released names, ages, hospital destinations, or the medical conditions of the three people taken for treatment. No cause for the crash - including whether speed, impairment, distraction, mechanical failure, wildlife or weather played a role - has been provided by fire rescue or other county agencies in the material released so far.

This Webster incident is distinct from other recent Hernando County crashes included in public feeds. On Monday afternoon a separate three-vehicle crash on U.S. 41 south of Southern Hills Boulevard sent five people to hospitals and required a helicopter medevac for at least one patient, according to those reports. Separately, an Instagram excerpt carried a note that the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy was hospitalized after a rollover crash in Brooksville on Saturday; that event has not been tied to the Webster collision and remains a separate matter in the county’s weekend traffic incidents.

Hernando County Fire Rescue is the primary on-scene reporting agency for the Webster crash; the agency supplied the photographs cited in local reports. Beyond the photo evidence and the agency’s count of three hospitalized, "no other details were immediately available," according to the material released with the HCFR images and subsequent local coverage. Public records that could clarify the timeline and transports include the HCFR incident report and 911 CAD logs; law enforcement crash reports would identify whether the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office or the Florida Highway Patrol is leading an investigation.