22-year-old dies when SUV hits fence, tree in Alachua County: FHP

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old Hawthorne man was killed Monday night when the SUV he was driving hit a fence and a tree on State Road 26 in Alachua County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the SUV was headed east on SR 26 toward Melrose around 9:30 p.m. when “it traveled off the roadway” and hit a fence and a large tree on the north shoulder.

FHP said the driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the SUV and died at the scene.