Tarpon Springs Driver, 85, Dies After Driving Truck Into Largo Retention Pond: FL Troopers

LARGO, FL — A Tarpon Springs man died Sunday after driving a pick-up truck into a pond on Bryan Dairy Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The 85-year-old was driving a Chevy Silverado west Bryan Dairy Road, west of Belcher Road, when he lost control of the truck around 1 p.m. for an unknown reason, the agency said.

The truck rotated, left the highway and drove into a nearby retention pond.

The driver was pulled from the water and brought to an area hospital, where he later died.

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