A tragic incident occurred on State Road 417 in Seminole County late Thursday evening, resulting in the death of a 32-year-old man from Orlando, as per reports from the Florida Highway Patrol. The accident took place around 9:30 p.m. when, for reasons still under investigation, the man's vehicle veered off the roadway, as detailed by ClickOrlando.
The victim was driving a 2004 GMC Sierra southbound near mile marker 40 when he, for "unknown reasons," ran off the road and collided with a tree. According to an affiliated statement by the FHP, he died at the scene of the crash. Notedly, the man was not using a seatbelt at the moment of the crash.
Troopers have closed the affected section of SR-417 to conduct an investigation and later reopened the road early Friday. The Florida Highway Patrol is continuing to look into the factors that contributed to the crash, and further details will be shared as the investigation progresses, as reported by FOX 35 Orlando.
