Wesley Chapel Man Dies in I-75 Crash

A 62-year-old Wesley Chapel man died early June 6 when the Florida Highway Patrol says his 2006 Nissan Titan ran off Interstate 75 and crashed into a tree.

Michael Lynn French was heading northbound on I-75 in Sumter County around 6:55 a.m. Thursday when “for unknown reasons” he lost control of his truck, wrote Sgt. Steve Gaskins in an email to the media.

French’s truck “rotated off the outside shoulder and collided with a tree,” Gaskins added.

French, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene.

It is unclear at this time if alcohol played a factor in the crash. Toxicology reports are pending, Gaskins said.

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