On Wednesday morning, a 67-year-old Punta Gorda man died after crashing into a Charlotte County pond.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the deadly crash happened at 23450 Charleston Circle, shortly before 10:15 a.m.
The Punta Gorda man was driving a pickup truck in a residential community and heading North.
The driver lost control of the pickup truck, crashed into a pole, and then went into a pond.
The driver was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation in an attempt to see if the 67-year-old man had a medical episode before going into the pond.