SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — An Oviedo man died in a crash along State Road 417 in Seminole County early Friday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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Troopers responded to SR 417 in the area of mile marker 41 shortly after 1 a.m.
Investigators said the man was driving southbound in a Kia Optima on the exit ramp to Red Bug Lake Road.
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According to a crash report released by FHP, the car traveled off the roadway and then struck a tree.
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Troopers said the driver, 42, of Oviedo, died at the crash scene. They did not release his name.
Troopers shut down that stretch of SR 417 for a few hours to conduct their investigation and clear wreckage.
The road reopened before 5 a.m.
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