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A 3-year-old died in a crash in Putnam County on Sunday morning. It happened on U.S. 17 at Clifton Road near Crescent City around 9 a.m. Troopers said Gerard Buchan, 74, was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer westbound on Clifton Rd. when he stopped at a stop sign. When he started moving again, he didn't yield to a Dodge Caravan, according to the Florida Highway Patrol report. The vehicles crashed in the intersection. Ashley Thomas, 29, was driving the Caravan and sustained serious injuries.