OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to a call Sunday morning at 10:20 reporting a fatality west of Long Creek Farms in Northwest Ocala.
They say a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer ran off the roadway just past the elbow at NW 100th St. and NW 80th Ave. The vehicle is said to have left the roadway while traveling southbound on NW 80th Ave. where it then veered to the left and made contact with a tree on the east grass shoulder.
The 82-year-old man from Ocala driving the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.