ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Troopers say a man is dead after his car flew off the highway and hit a brick wall at a church in St. Petersburg.
It happened just after midnight on Tuesday, when the Florida Highway Patrol says the 36-year-old man was driving eastbound on Interstate 175 and missed a turn in the road.
According to FHP, the man lost control of the wheel, sending the car spinning through the 5th Avenue South exit. The car then hit a curb and became airborne before hitting a brick wall at St. Mary Our Lady of Grace Church and overturning.
The man died at the scene of the crash.
