WEWAHITCHA — A Marianna 16-year-old is dead after a crash late Friday night, Florida Highway Patrol reported.
Tyler Austin Gray, 16, was driving by himself north on State Road 71 just north of
According to FHP’s report, at some point, Gray left the northbound lane, in which he was driving, onto the northbound shoulder. He attempted to steer the 2000 Ford F-150 back onto the road but over-corrected the truck, causing it to re-enter the northbound travel lane and travel towards the southbound lane, FHP reported.
Gray over-corrected a second time, causing the truck to go into a spin and run off the roadway to the right. The F-150 then spun over the northbound shoulder into a tree line along the road. The left side of the truck crashed into a standing tree, spinning it the opposite direction, before finally coming to a rest in the tree line.
Gray sustained fatal injuries from the crash. FHP’s investigation into the incident’s cause is pending.