Times staff
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
RUSKIN — Troopers identified the man who died Tuesday in a crash on Interstate 75 as 58-year-old Richard Serfass of Bloomfield, Conn.
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 Little Manatee River.
Serfass, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.