CAPE SAN BLAS -- A 28-year-old Apalachicola man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle wreck on the beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Christopher Lee Burke was driving a 2001 Mercury Mountaineer on the sandy beach between State C 30 and the Gulf of Mexico around 3 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle swerved left, overturned and came to rest on its roof.
Burke was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, 28-year-old Keith Daniel Kelley of Panama City Beach, was taken to Bay Medical Center in serious condition.
Troopers are investigating the crash, and potential charges are pending.