ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A passenger was killed early Friday in Orlando when the driver of an Acura MDX crashed into a wall, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal single-vehicle wreck happened around 4:30 a.m. on Goldenrod Road at Silver Pointe Boulevard near Curry Ford Road in Azalea Park.
The FHP said a 35-year-old Orlando man was driving the Acura north on Goldenrod Road and failed to negotiate a curve.
The car ran off the road, struck a community entrance wall and overturned, troopers said.
The driver was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, according to the FHP.
His passenger was taken to AdventHealth East Orlando and was pronounced dead, officials said.
Northbound lanes of Goldenrod Road are slow in the area.
