Early Morning Crash Kills Teen, Injures 18-Year-Olds

A teenage driver is dead and two 18-year-olds have been taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle crash in Holiday early Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Deceased is Tim Bryant Jr., 16, of Holiday. Christopher Holbrook, 18, of Tarpon Springs, was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with critical injuries. Craig Fowler, 18, also of Tarpon Springs, was taken to Bayfront with serious injuries.

Bryant was driving a 1998 Toyota Corolla west on Blossom Lake Drive just east of its intersection with Normandy Boulevard  in Holiday around 3:50 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, according to FHP troopers.

The Corolla, in which Holbrook and Fowler were passengers, travelled into the south shoulder of the road and crashed into a road sign.

The Corolla rotated and rolled over into a drainage ditch. It collided with a tree and came to a rest on its roof.

All in the car were wearing seatbelts. Determination of whether alcohol was involved is pending.