BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man died after his vehicle ran off the road and drove into a canal on Merritt Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n
First responders declared the man dead on the scene, while the passenger \u2013 a 43-year-old woman \u2013 was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, troopers say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the intersection of Blackpoint Wildlife Drive and L Pond Road on Merritt Island around 2 a.m., April 16, after a single vehicle crash into a canal occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Based on reports from Florida Highway Patrol, the male driver \u2013 a 25-year-old man from Titusville \u2013 failed to negotiate a left-hand curve \u2013 leading to him running off the road and overturning his vehicle into a canal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the crash, the car was fully submerged underwater.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Troopers reported the man died on the scene while the woman \u2013 also from Titusville \u2013 was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
The relationship between the man and woman is not known at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Troopers are working to pull the vehicle out of the water. The make and model of the car has not been identified at this time, FHP said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: Information in this story was gathered from Florida Highway Patrol.\u00a0<\/p>\n