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Tree falls on driver's car during Hurricane Milton, killing him: FHP

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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — A man is dead after a tree fell on his car while he was driving during Hurricane Milton early Thursday morning.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the 46-year-old man was driving a Ford Taurus east on East Parsons Point Road around 1:30 a.m.

A falling tree then collided with the car, killing the man at the scene of the crash.

There are no other details available at this time.

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The City of Tampa said council members approved a land swap agreement to transfer privately owned land believed to be Zion, Tampa's first African American cemetery.

Zion Cemetery land swap approved by Tampa City Council