IMMOKALEE, FL : Man, woman killed after vehicle crashes, lands in canal on Tuesday, 31st July 2018

Authorities say a vehicle has slammed into a guardrail on a Florida highway and the driver and a passenger were killed.

The Florida Highway Patrol tells news outlets in a statement that a man was driving on State Road 29 with a woman inside when their vehicle crashed and landed in a canal morning in Immokalee. The statement says alcohol was not a factor in the crash.

A Collier County Sheriff’s Office report says the driver lost control and the vehicle went airborne before hitting the guardrail and landing in the canal.

The highway patrol says 76-year-old Coyest Clark Simmons was the driver. He and the 76-year-old woman died at a hospital. Her name was not provided pending next of kin notification.

The highway patrol will investigate the wreck.

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