
Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash in Port LaBelle in Hendry County Tuesday night.
According to FHP, Silvio Picado, 65, from LaBelle was driving west on East Cowboy Way about 500 feet west of SW Eucalyptus Blvd when his vehicle drove off the roadway and struck a tree head-on.
Picado died at the scene.
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