PINELLAS COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a car wreck in Pinellas County Tuesday night left one person dead and another hospitalized.
A report by WFTS said that the accident happened along Starkey Road shortly before 10 p.m. According to investigators, a driver lost control of a sedan while speeding northbound and drove off the roadway.
The car struck a wire for a utility pole, then crashed into a block wall, and split in half. The back half of the car hit a tree and two fences before ending up in a home’s backyard.
A passenger was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital. He was a 30-year-old man from Apalachicola, Florida. The driver, a 26-year-old Largo man, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The FHP said neither man was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
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