LAKE COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a single-vehicle rollover accident in Lake County Monday night left a driver dead.
According to WOFL, the incident took place along County Road 46A near County Road 46. The Florida Highway Patrol learned that the driver of a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe was headed south at about 10 p.m. and ran off the roadway.
When he tried returning to the road he overcorrected, and the vehicle overturned multiple times. The driver, a 47-year-old man from Orlando, was ejected and died after being taken to an area hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, investigators said.
The FHP is continuing to investigate the cause of the wreck.
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