PUTNAM COUNTY, FL — A 21-year-old man lost his life late Sunday, February 18, after his truck overturned on State Road 20 in Palatka, reports News4Jax.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the rollover wreck unfolded on a stretch of SR-20 near Phinney Trailer Park Road. News4Jax first reported about the event on Monday, February 19, at 12:30 a.m.
Preliminary details show the young man was driving a pickup truck westbound on the highway when, for reasons still unclear, the vehicle veered past the center median and rolled onto its side.
First responders rushed the male driver to HCA Florida Putnam Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
His passenger, a 20-year-old man, was not reported injured.
An investigation was underway.
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