Bradenton Man, 37, Killed In Crash

BRADENTON, FL — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal Tuesday morning crash that left a 37-year-old Bradenton man dead.

According to the agency, Jeremy Page Walker was driving a Ford F-150 east on State Road 64 in the early morning hours of July 19. In the area of the intersection of 57th Street East, troopers say Walker’s truck entered the “westbound portion of State Road 64,” traveled onto the northern edge of the center median and then moved in a southeasterly direction. The truck then went across the eastbound lanes, entered the southern shoulder and “continued to travel in a southeasterly direction and became airborne over a large ditch,” a highway patrol report said.

The truck then hit the southern bank of the ditch before stopping.

“The time of the crash and the events leading up to the incident remain under investigation,” the patrol’s report said. Troopers noted that alcohol is a suspected factor in the crash.

Walker was pronounced dead by the medical examiner’s office, the agency noted.

No further information is available at this time.

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Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol