
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol troopers say 37-year-old Chad Lesinger of Englewood was killed in an early morning car crash.
Troopers say it happened around 1:20 a.m. Sunday, near Gulfstream Boulevard and Avalon Avenue.
According to authorities, Lesinger was not wearing a seat belt when his Ford F250 truck flipped over.
Lesinger was pronounced dead at the scene.
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