Florida Highway Patrol: Jacksonville tractor-trailer driver dies in Leesburg crash after slumping over wheel; rig ends up in pond
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State Road 44 at Southwind Cove Way as shown in the map was the scene of a deadly tractor-trailer accident Tuesday night in Lake County.
LEESBURG -- A 63-year-old tractor-trailer driver died at Leesburg Regional Medical Center after crashing his rig into a pond after slumping over the wheel from an a possible sudden medical condition that had him travel across the southbound lanes of State Road 44 earlier tonight, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The driver was identified as Larry J. Stokes of Jacksonville, who was transported to the hospital from the 5:30 p.m. crash scene on S.R. 44 at Southwind Cove Way just outside Leesburg in Lake County.
