ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old Hawthorne man was killed Monday night when the SUV he was driving hit a fence and a tree on State Road 26 in Alachua County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Troopers said the SUV was headed east on SR 26 toward Melrose around 9:30 p.m. when “it traveled off the roadway” and hit a fence and a large tree on the north shoulder.
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FHP said the driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the SUV and died at the scene.
