WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — A man is dead after he struck a tree on I-75 in Wesley Chapel on Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).
A Honda Accord was traveling northbound on I-75, south of the Pasco County Rest Area near Milepost 277, when the driver, a 39-year-old man from Oley, Pennsylvania, suffered a tire failure.
He then lost control, left the roadway and struck a tree.
The driver later died from injuries suffered during the crash after being transported to a local hospital.
