ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A passenger in a pickup truck died in an overnight crash early Thursday near downtown St. Petersburg, law enforcement said.
It happened just after 3 a.m. on the entrance ramp from Interstate 175 to I-275, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
Troopers say the 35-year-old driver from Sarasota somehow lost control of the truck while heading east on I-175 onto the southbound entrance ramp to I-275. The truck rotated to the shoulder and overturned several times, causing the driver and a passenger, both said not to be wearing seatbelts, to be thrown out.
The 36-year-old male passenger, also from Sarasota, died at the scene of the crash, troopers said, adding that the driver suffered serious injuries.
A 30-year-old Sarasota woman, a passenger who was wearing a seatbelt, was not hurt, according to FHP.
