Driver Dies In Fiery Thanksgiving Day Crash On FL Highway

VENICE, FL — A driver was killed in a fiery Thanksgiving Day crash after hitting a bridge pillar on Interstate 75 near Venice, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

Investigators are working to identify the driver, who was heading north when their vehicle drove off the highway near mile marker 190 just after 2 p.m.

Their vehicle entered the grass shoulder and hit the bridge pillar for South Moon Pass before catching fire, FHP said.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

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