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Monticello woman dies in one-car crash

Posted at 11:24 AM, Jan 11, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-11 06:34:24-05

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - A Monticello woman died Thursday when her car left U.S. 90 and collided with a culvert and then with a tree, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Luejean Johnson, 69, was driving a car eastbound on U.S. 90 about 9:47 a.m. Thursday when she lost control and traveled northeast across the roadway onto the northern shoulder, troopers said.

Her car collided with a concrete culvert and then with a tree, leaving her entrapped and unconscious.

She wad pronounced dead at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.

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