PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg man died early Sunday morning after a one-vehicle wreck off I-275, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
An FHP report said at 3:40 a.m., the 32-year-old man was driving south on the highway near Milepost 21 at a high speed when he lost control.
Troopers said the man’s car left the road, hit the guardrail, and kept going into a ditch until it hit a tree.
The man died at the scene. The FHP said he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time.