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The daughter of a Florida deputy was killed in a freak late-night car crash caused by a wandering alligator \u2013 hours before her swearing-in as a law enforcement official.<\/p>\n

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Cassi Taylor, 20, lost control of her Toyota Tacoma pickup while desperately trying to avoid plowing into a Mercedes that had hit an alligator on I-95 in Titusville, Fla, just before midnight Sunday, WFLA reported.<\/p>\n

She was thrown from her truck as it overturned \u2014 then struck by a hit-and-run driver while she lay in the road, officials said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Taylor, the daughter of Indian River County Sheriff\u2019s Office Deputy Scott Burke, was killed a little over a month after she joined the sheriff\u2019s office as a civilian corrections assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Jasper native\u2019s formal swearing-in ceremony was slated for Monday, hours after her deadly crash.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are saddened to share the news of the death of one of our newest team members,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Tributes have poured in, with Taylor\u2019s friends describing her in an online fundraiser as an \u201camazing young lady with a heart of pure gold who will dearly be missed.\u201d <\/p>\n

Taylor wasn\u2019t wearing a seatbelt, investigators said while confirming that the crash was caused by an alligator, which was also killed when hit in the tragedy. <\/p>\n

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The Mercedes driver \u2014 a 58-year-old Canadian \u2014 wasn\u2019t injured and remained at the scene, Florida Highway Patrol said, while continuing to search for the driver who fled the scene.<\/p>\n

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