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Man killed in off-road vehicle crash in Brooksville, FHP says

By Joey Swanson

Published December 8, 2024 11:22am EST

Hernando County

FOX 13 News

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - One man is dead after an off-road vehicle carrying four people, including two children, crashed in Brooksville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

FHP says that the Polaris Side-By-Side rotated, struck a fence and flipped as the driver tried to round a curve northbound on Saturn Rd. around 12:45 a.m. Sunday.

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The driver and victim, a 36-year-old Brooksville man whose name was not released, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash.

The uninjured passengers are 36, 11 and 10 years old.

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