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Friday, March 31, 2023

84-year-old Stonecrester dies after hit by Villager driving Lexus

An 84-year-old Stonecrester has died after she was struck by a Lexus SUV driven by a resident of The Villages.

Marilyn Mann died Saturday night at Central Florida Regional Medical Center in Ocala.

This 2017 Lexus RX 350 driven by 89 year old Wilfred Maybee when he struck two pedestrians
This 2017 Lexus RX 350 driven by 89 -year-old Wilfred Maybee when he struck two pedestrians.

She was injured when she was struck by a 2017 Lexus RX 350 driven by 89-year-old Wilfred Maybee at 4:15 p.m. Saturday at Winn-Dixie at Spanish Springs. She had been walking with 83-year-old Edwin Mann in the marked crosswalk in front of the grocery store when Maybee’s vehicle “made a left turn and accelerated rapidly for an undetermined reason,” according to the Lady Lake Police Department. His vehicle continued on and struck a flowerbed.

Edward Mann was critically injured and also taken to Central Florida Regional Medical Center.

The investigation is continuing and no charges have been filed at this time.

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