HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. — An Avon Park man was killed in a Highlands County crash on Aug. 1 after losing control of the pickup truck he was driving, authorities said.
According to A Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, the 65-year-old driver was traveling south on North Hose Hammock Road, south of East Arbuckle Road, approaching a left curve in the roadway at about 10:44 p.m.
When he failed to negotiate the curve, the truck traveled off the roadway and hit a traffic control sign and then a tree, FHP officials said.
He died at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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