Crime & Safety

Sarasota Woman Dead After Manatee County Crash

The accident happened early Friday morning along U.S. 41 at Somerset Avenue.

A 24-year-old Sarasota woman died in a Friday morning crash.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Destaney Richardson was heading northbound on U.S. 41 around 1:30 a.m. in the inside lane at a high rate of speed. As her Oldsmobile Aurora entered the curve near Somerset Avenue, she lost control of the car.

Richardson’s vehicle went into a spin and then moved into the southbound lanes, off the road and into a utility pole.

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The vehicle “wrapped around the utility pole,” a highway patrol media release stated.

Richardson suffered fatal injuries.

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Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol

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