Man dies after homemade vehicle crashes in Lake County, FHP says
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A 67-year-old man died Sunday after a homemade vehicle crashed into two fences and a tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Homemade vehicle hits treeThe man was driving the homemade vehicle east on Poinsetta Avenue near Oleander Street around 3:51 p.m. troopers said.The vehicle left the road, collided with a chain-link fence, hit a barbed wire fence, and then hit a tree, according to the FHP report.The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.A 26-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken to HCA Sanford Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.FHP has not released any additional details about the crash or the identities of the driver or the passenger.The crash remains under investigation, according to FHP.