ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Highway Patrol said a Clearwater woman was killed Sunday morning in a crash on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
It happened in the southbound lanes at around 4 a.m. just past the rest area.
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A 21-year-old Pinellas Park man was driving a Chevy Colorado with a 27-year-old Clearwater woman and two other unidentified passengers.
FHP said the man fell asleep behind the wheel, at which point the truck veered off the roadway. He struck a tree and a guardrail, causing the woman to be ejected from the vehicle. She was taken to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries.
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The driver and two other passengers were not injured, FHP said…