CLEARWATER, Fla. — A driver is in the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle car crash and subsequent fire in Clearwater on Wednesday morning.
Police said the crash happened shortly after 1:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 19 at Sunset Point Road. Police suspect alcohol to be a factor in the crash.
According to a press release, the 24-year-old driver crashed a 2016 Honda Pilot into a divider, the driver was ejected, and then the car burst into flames.
The driver was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg with injuries that might be life-threatening, according to police.
The crash shut down the northbound lanes for several hours.
No other information has been released at this time.
