According to Florida Highway Patrol, a man from Palatka died in a car crash yesterday, Aug. 4th, in St. Johns.

FHP Public Affairs Officer, Master Sergeant Dylan Bryan, says a pickup truck was traveling southbound of State Road 207, north of Floyd Lane.

The 36-year-old driver started to enter the median, Bryan says, and started crossing the northbound lanes of SR 207.

Bryan says the vehicle entered the east shoulder of the road, and crashed into the embankment and tree line.

The driver from Palatka was pronounced dead at the scene, Bryan said.

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