Silver Springs man dies in crash
The sedan struck parked cars and a building before it caught fire.
[Photo courtesy Florida Highway Patrol]
A 63-year-old Silver Springs man died Monday night, June 10, after the car he was driving left East State Road 40 and struck some parked cars and a tree before it hit a building and caught fire.
The Florida Highway Patrol press release stated that the crash occurred around 7:58 p.m. when the sedan the man was driving west on SR 40, just east of Northeast 14th Street Road, at a “high rate of speed” left the roadway and “entered the north grass shoulder and struck three vehicles that were parked and unoccupied in the parking lot of the Forest Veterinary Clinic. The sedan then (struck) a tree and (overturned) into a building. The (sedan) and the building became engulfed in flames.”
The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene by members of Marion County Fire Rescue. It was not known if the driver was wearing a seatbelt, the release stated.
The FHP does not identify crash victims in initial press releases.
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