Three people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash early Monday morning at the intersection of State Road 60 and Peavine Road in Kenansville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. State Road 60 was closed while crews worked to clear the scene, and investigators have not released additional details about what caused the three-vehicle wreck.
The crash happened at approximately 6:29 a.m. Monday, according to WFTV, which cited FHP in reporting the exact time and location of the collision. As of Monday, the cause remains unclear, and drivers have been told to avoid the area while the investigation continues, per FOX 35 Orlando.
This is not the first time this exact intersection has turned deadly. Nine months before Monday's wreck, on January 14, 2026, a semi-truck failed to stop for traffic at the same intersection and struck another semi-truck and a pickup truck, sparking a fire that killed one driver. Nearly a decade earlier, a separate fiery four-vehicle crash near Kenansville killed three people and injured two, WFTV reported.
A Rural Highway With a Deadly Track Record
Peavine Road intersects SR 60 in a rural stretch of southern Osceola County, part of a vital two-lane corridor linking Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts. An October 2025 Florida Department of Transportation study, reported by the Osceola News-Gazette, found that 334 vehicle crashes, including nine fatal incidents, occurred along the 19.3-mile stretch of SR 60 between Prairie Lake Road and Florida's Turnpike between 2020 and 2024.
That same FDOT traffic analysis found that roughly 14,300 vehicles travel this section of SR 60 daily, with heavy commercial trucks making up 34% of that traffic — a volume projected to grow 140% by 2050, the Osceola News-Gazette reported. The mix of heavy freight traffic and a narrow, undivided roadway has repeatedly produced severe collisions, including passing-related head-on crashes and rear-end impacts involving large trucks.
Pattern of Head-On and Passing Crashes
Head-on crashes have occurred multiple times in recent years along this corridor.
On March 18, 2026, two drivers were killed in a head-on collision on SR 60 near Mae Bass Road when an eastbound vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic while trying to pass slower vehicles, according to Campione Law's reporting on FHP's findings; that crash forced a multi-hour closure of SR 60 between U.S. 441 and Peavine Road. And on June 21, 2025, a head-on collision near South Kenansville Road killed six people — three women and three young children — when an SUV attempted to pass vehicles and struck an oncoming semi-truck, causing both vehicles to catch fire, according to WFTV.
Highway Upgrades Already Underway
State and regional transportation agencies have been working to address the corridor's safety record even before Monday's crash. According to MetroPlan Orlando records, FDOT awarded an $18.3 million contract in July 2025 to C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. to build eastbound and westbound passing lanes on SR 60 from Blanket Bay Slough to Peavine Road, with completion estimated for late 2026.
FDOT is also studying a broader plan to convert the full 19.3-mile stretch of SR 60 in Osceola County from two lanes to four, a project that would require acquiring roughly 400 acres across 51 parcels. FDOT's own projections, reported by the Osceola News-Gazette, estimate that the widening would cut overall crashes by 30% and fatalities by 43% along the corridor.
For now, the Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate Monday's fatal crash, and no further details about the victims or the circumstances leading to the collision have been released.
