Elderly man found dead near crashed truck, FHP says

Man may have had medical episode after crash

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – The body of an 80-year-old DeLand man was found by a passerby early Sunday near County Road 42 and Deerhaven Road, troopers said.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the elderly man, whose name was not given, was driving a 1989 Chevy pickup truck on Deerhaven Road when for an unknown reason he veered off the road and got stuck between several trees.

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The FHP said it appears the man got out of the truck and suffered some sort of medical episode.

The incident remains under investigation.


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