HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A single-vehicle crash early Friday morning left a 30-year-old Orlando man dead after his SUV veered off a Hernando County road and overturned several times in a cow pasture.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at approximately 6:30 AM on July 3, 2026. The man was driving a Toyota 4Runner eastbound on Ayers Road. For reasons still unknown, the driver lost control of the vehicle just west of Prosperity Lane.
State troopers reported that after the driver lost control, the SUV departed the roadway, struck a fence, and entered an adjacent cow pasture. Once inside the pasture, the vehicle overturned multiple times.
The driver suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The Florida Highway Patrol has not released the identity of the driver or any further details regarding what caused him to lose control of the vehicle.
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