ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A 71-year-old man died Monday after troopers said a driver veered off an Orange County road and hit a mailbox, tree and light pole before hitting the man while he stood on the sidewalk.
Trooper said the driver, identified as a 22-year-old man from Oviedo, then continued until he crashed through the front porch of a house on Wild Blackberry Trail near Winter Garden around 11 a.m.
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People who saw the crash happen told troopers that the man was driving above the posted speed limit and ran off the roadway after he failed to navigate a curve in the road approaching Avenue of the Rushes.
A witness told Channel 9 he thought the car was driving nearly 80 mph before the crash.
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Photos from the scene show that the car knocked down several pillars on the home’s front porch before crashing into the house.
Troopers said the 71-year-old man from Sanford died on the scene, and the driver of the car was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
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Traffic homicide investigators are on the scene investigating.
#Crash 7100 block of Wild BlackBerry Trail: Vehicle into home through front porch, auto vs. ped. 1 Trauma alert to ORMC, 1 fatality. OCSO on scene and Building Dept notified.
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) May 8, 2023
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