TAMPA, Fla — A man died in a crash after his car went off the Selmon Expressway and landed onto a downtown Tampa street, according to state troopers.
The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Troopers say the man was driving a Chevy Sonic eastbound in the westbound lanes of the expressway. He tried to exit the expressway at the Tampa Street entrance ramp but somehow lost control of the car.
At that point, the car crashed into and over the concrete barrier wall, falling onto E. Brorein Street and S. Franklin Street, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The man, identified as a 30-year-old from Tampa, died at the scene of the crash.
It's not known where the car entered the expressway and why it was going the wrong way.
Brorein Street was closed until mid-to-late morning due to downed power poles and power lines as a result of the crash. It has since been reopened.