FORSYTH, Ga. — A Tampa man died early Wednesday morning in Georgia after driving his car off the interstate, police said in a statement.
According to a news release, officers with the Forsyth Police Department responded to a single-car crash at 3:24 a.m. on southbound Interstate 75. Once on the scene, police say they found a dead man and called for deputies with the county to investigate the crash.
After Monroe County deputies arrived, an investigation began into what exactly led to the early morning crash.
The agency explained preliminary information shows the driver, identified as Hateram Lachhman, of Tampa, ran off the roadway and struck the median wall. He died from his injuries.
A woman in the passenger seat was taken to a nearby hospital.
Deputies are investigating the crash at this time.
