
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. A 20-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon, Charlotte County Fire and EMS said.
The crash took place at 119 Allworthy Street.
The man swerved off the road and crashed into a wooden fence. He was trauma-alerted to a local hospital, but succumbed to his injuries, fire officials said.
The Florida Highway Patrol is now investigating the crash.
No further information was immediately available.
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