CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol said three people were killed in a Tuesday afternoon crash in Citrus County.

It happened at about 1 p.m. on CR 581, south of East Amy Lane.

Troopers said a vehicle tried to pass other traffic in a no-passing zone, entered the southbound lane and collided head-on with another vehicle.

The three people inside the second vehicle were killed, according to FHP. They were identified as Amalia Gomara, 62, Clara Gorrin, 86, both of Hialeah, and Nilda Cordovi, 85, of Pembroke Pines.

The driver of the first vehicle has serious injuries.