LAKE CITY, FL : Wellborn man killed in New Year’s crash on Sunday, January 1st 2017

A Wellborn man died in a Lake City crash shortly after midnight on New Year’s that left one other in critical condition.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Jessica Miller, 30, of Jasper, was traveling south on NW Lake Jeffery Road north of NW Bascom Norris Drive at 12:09 a.m. Sunday when Michael O’Malley, 68, of Wellborn, was traveling north on Lake Jeffery Road.

Miller’s 2007 Dodge Ram pickup moved into the northbound lane, according to the report, causing a head-on collision with O’Malley’s 2006 Ford Ranger.

O’Malley was pronounced deceased on the scene according the report.

Miller was transported to Shands at the University of Florida with incapacitating injuries, the report states.

It has not yet been determined if alcohol played a role in the accident.

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Wellborn man killed in New Year’s crash