Times staff
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
RUSKIN — The driver of a Volvo died Tuesday after the car hit the center median on Interstate 75 and vaulted into the Little Manatee River.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the car hit the median near mile marker 235.5 just before 7 p.m. and went airborne for about 250 to 300 feet before landing in the river bed.
The driver, whose name was not released, was wearing a seat belt and pronounced dead at the scene by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.