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By Times staff reports

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 8, 2001

Three hospitalized after crash on SR 50

RIDGE MANOR -- Three people were sent to the hospital Tuesday night after a car accident just west of Ridge Manor.

Rene Grodin, 75, of Ridge Manor was driving west on State Road 50 and tried to turn left onto Cyril Drive in front of another car, a Florida Highway Patrol report said.

The two collided, and both the driver and the passenger of the other car -- Princess McCalop, 34, and Calvin Baker, 39, both of Brooksville -- were ejected from their vehicle. Meanwhile, Grodin's van overturned and hit a stop sign. All three were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Grodin remained in critical condition Wednesday, and McCalop was in fair condition.

Hospital officials said they could not locate any information on Baker.

Teen reports jewelry stolen by bicyclist

RIDGE MANOR WEST -- Authorities are looking for a man who rode up to a car on his bike, reached into the car and grabbed $900 worth of jewelry from a teenager.

According to a Hernando County sheriff's report, the driver had exited Interstate 75 and was waiting to turn left onto State Road 50 when a man rode up to the passenger's side of the vehicle on his bike and snatched two gold chains from her 17-year-old son's neck.

Officials have a suspect but did not release his name.

Croom Wildlife fire is a controlled burn

Officials with the Croom Wildlife Management Area are overseeing a 132-acre controlled burn near U.S. 19 from Centralia Road north into Citrus County.

Spring Hill Fire Rescue authorities received many phone calls Wednesday from residents worried that a massive, out-of-control blaze was burning.

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