A driver was killed early Sunday after a car ran off the road and hit a tree near Walt Disney World, then caught fire, the Florida Highway Patrol said.The crash happened at about 1:22 a.m. at Epcot Center Drive and Overpass Road in Orange County, Troopers say. FHP said a 2023 Hyundai Elantra was traveling northbound on Epcot Center Drive north of Overpass Road when it was going above the posted speed limit and the driver failed to negotiate a curve. The car ran off the roadway in a northwesterly direction and struck a tree, authorities said.The impact caused the vehicle to become fully engulfed in flames, FHP said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office will contact FHP after the driver is identified, the agency said.The crash remains under investigation.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
A driver was killed early Sunday after a car ran off the road and hit a tree near Walt Disney World, then caught fire, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened at about 1:22 a.m. at Epcot Center Drive and Overpass Road in Orange County, Troopers say.
FHP said a 2023 Hyundai Elantra was traveling northbound on Epcot Center Drive north of Overpass Road when it was going above the posted speed limit and the driver failed to negotiate a curve.
The car ran off the roadway in a northwesterly direction and struck a tree, authorities said.
The impact caused the vehicle to become fully engulfed in flames, FHP said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office will contact FHP after the driver is identified, the agency said.
The crash remains under investigation.