A 67-year-old Paisley man was killed Sunday afternoon after losing control of a homemade vehicle on a Lake County road, sending it crashing through two fences and into a tree. A 26-year-old Apopka woman riding as a passenger was hospitalized with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
According to WESH, the homemade vehicle was traveling east on Poinsettia Avenue near Oleander Street at about 3:51 p.m. Sunday when it left the roadway, reentered it, and then ran off the opposite side. The vehicle struck a chain-link fence, a barbed-wire fence and a tree before coming to a stop.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, per the station's report. The crash site sits in a rural stretch of Lake County, where the collision brought the homemade vehicle's path across the road to an abrupt end against the fencing and tree line.
The vehicle was a 1995 model assembled at home, a detail not included in the initial account. Troopers said the driver lost control before the vehicle left the roadway, returned to it and ran off the opposite side. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating; no cause of the crash has been announced.
Passenger Taken To Sanford Hospital
The passenger was taken to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, where she was being treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the same account notes. Authorities have not released the identities of either the driver or the passenger.
The crash remains under investigation, and no further details about how it happened have been made public. Lake County residents following the case will have to wait for authorities to release additional findings as the investigation continues.
Florida law generally requires a motor vehicle operated on state roads to be registered. The state also has separate title procedures for vehicles assembled from parts and vehicles assembled with a kit, distinctions outlined in Florida’s vehicle-title guidance. The published crash account does not say whether this vehicle was titled or registered, and the “homemade” description alone does not establish which title category applies.
