84-year-old driving 1930s car dies after blowing out tire on I-75

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver died following a tire blowout on Interstate 75 in Pasco County on Thursday.

The 84-year-old Haines City man was in the northbound lanes north of SR-52 at 11:30 p.m. when the rear tire of his vehicle, a 1931 Ford Custom, suffered a blowout.

The vehicle veered off the highway and struck a tree. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and died from his injuries at the site of the crash…

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