Florida driver dies after crashing into telephone pole

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Bradenton man is dead after a crash in Sarasota County, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

A pickup truck driver was leaving a driveway when the fatal crash happened on University Club at Lockwood Ridge and Nature Circle on Thursday, around 5:46 p.m.

He was 31 years old.

Troopers said the victim drove over the a grassy median, hitting a telephone pole. Sarasota County EMS said he died before he could have been hospitalized.

Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Unit will continue to investigate the crash.