ORANGE COUNTY, Florida—A Leesburg man is dead after running off the road, striking a guardrail and overturning in the truck he was driving Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The 77-year-old man was driving a 2022 Toyota Tundra southbound on State Road 429, when he lost control for an unknown reason at mile marker 28, shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday. He ran off the road, struck a guardrail and overturned, FHP Lt. Tara Crescenzi said in a press release.
He and his 73-year-old passenger, a Eustis woman, were transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where the man was pronounced deceased. The Eustis woman was seriously injured, but is in stable condition, Crescenzi said.
The crash remains under investigation.