VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A crash near New Smyrna Beach left a 21-year-old Edgewater man dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred overnight along Edgewater Canal Road, south of Tatum Boulevard, troopers said.
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According to an FHP crash report, the man was driving a pickup truck southbound on Edgewater Canal Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the roadway to the right.
The truck entered a canal and overturned, the report states.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
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FHP is still investigating when the crash occurred, noting in the report that troopers responded to the scene shortly after 10:26 a.m. Saturday and located the pickup truck fully submerged.
Note: This map depicts the general area of this crash and not necessarily its exact location.
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