BY JENN SAMSEL
Special to the Monitor
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 22-year-old Hawthorne man died after the SUV he was driving hit a fence on State Road 26 in Alachua County.
According to an arrest report, the man was driving east from the Gainesville area toward Melrose on Monday, June 9, when his SUV veered off the roadway, then hit the fence and a tree on the north shoulder of the highway.
Troopers said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle upon impact.
