OCALA, FL – A single-vehicle accident in Marion County Wednesday morning left a driver dead, WKMG reports.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving south on Interstate 75 near mile marker 346 in Ocala when the crash occurred at about 2:50 a.m.
An investigation determined that the driver was going at a high rate of speed in his SUV when he went off the roadway and collided with a guardrail in the median. The vehicle went back into the roadway and overturned, and the driver was ejected. The victim, a 26-year-old man from Ocala, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities did not disclose his identity.
I-75 south was shut down for several hours while the wreck was being cleared and investigated.
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