1 dead, 1 hurt after car goes airborne, strikes tree in Lake County crash, FHP says

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man died and another was treated for injuries after their involvement in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday near Leesburg, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 2:26 a.m. at County Road 48′s intersection with County Road 33, troopers said.

According to an FHP crash report, a sedan was traveling eastbound on County Road 48 with two occupants — a 26-year-old man driving and a 41-year-old man riding as a passenger, both of Puerto Rico — when the driver failed to stop at the intersection’s stop sign…

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