MARIANNA - A Marianna man was killed in a single vehicle crash Wednesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Michael N. Stripling, 55, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina north on State 71 near the Calhoun County line at about 9:45 p.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, troopers wrote in a news release. The vehicle left the roadway and collided first with a utility pole and then with two trees, they added.
Stripling was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials wrote.