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2 Die In Head-On Collision

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By Jo-Ann Johnston of The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 5, 2007

Updated: 10/05/2007 02:11 pm

Photos From Crash Scene

RIDGE MANOR An early morning car crash has claimed the lives of two women one a young dispatcher for the Dade City Police Department who had just gotten off work.

The police dispatcher was Akeyleia D. Prophete, 21, of Zephyrhills. She was traveling north on U.S. 301 in Hernando County, just south of U.S. 50, about 3:15 a.m., according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Akeyleia D. Prophete

Prophete finished a 10-hour shift at 3 a.m., Sgt. James Walters said. Walters said he thought Prophete probably was driving to her boyfriend's home in Hernando County.

As Prophete headed north in her 1997 Pontiac, a car driven south by Ariel Monet, 45, of Safety Harbor, crossed the centerline and struck Prophete's car.

No further information was immediately available on Monet.

Autopsies will be performed, and the highway patrol is investigating the crash.

Neither woman was wearing a seat belt, according to the patrol.

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