SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — A 62-year-old man from Lecanto died after his vehicle left the roadway and crashed on State Road 44 early Thursday morning.
The man was driving a Toyota Highlander westbound on SR-44 when he experienced a medical emergency, which caused the vehicle to go off the road, enter a ditch, and collide with a barbed wire fence.
The accident occurred east of Northwest 33rd Drive, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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