17-year-old driver drags, kills Altamonte Springs man collecting trash, FHP says

Fatal crash occurred on Jordan Stuart Circle near Hunter Lake Way

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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A 57-year-old Altamonte Springs man was struck by an SUV and dragged beneath the vehicle while he was collecting bags of garbage at an apartment complex in Seminole County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The fatal crash occurred around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Jordan Stuart Circle near Hunter Lake Way, troopers said.

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According to an FHP crash report, a 17-year-old Maitland boy was driving the SUV south on Jordan Stuart Circle and failed to see the man, striking him with the front of the vehicle. The SUV subsequently struck a parked pickup truck before the driver continued south on Jordan Stuart Circle, then left onto eastbound Hunter Lake Way and left again onto Jordan Stuart Circle to travel north, the report states.

The SUV came to a stop on the east side of a parking lot, troopers said. According to the report, the man was still underneath the SUV and had been dragged from the scene of the initial crash. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the report states.

The 17-year-old was not injured and remained at the scene, troopers said.

FHP is still investigating.


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