TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Highway Patrol said a crash claimed the life of one man and injured another in Pasco County Sunday afternoon.
The FHP release said the two men were heading north on I-75 near mile marker 279 at 4:50 p.m. when his SUV left the roadway.
Troopers said the vehicle then crashed through a fence and into a tree.
The driver, a 75-year-old man from Leesburg, Florida, was killed at the scene of the crash.
The 73-year-old passenger, also from Leesburg, was seriously injured, according to the FHP.
