Driver suffers ‘medical event’, crashes car in Labelle

The Florida Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash in Labelle Sunday.

The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of West Cowboy Way and South Carlyle Street.

The incident involved a single vehicle with one person inside.

The driver of the vehicle suffered a medical event as he was driving east on East Cowboy Way, according to the incident report. His vehicle then drifted off the roadway, and struck a concrete drainage culvert on the shoulder of the road.

His vehicle came to a rest in a nearby ditch.

The driver was taken to Lehigh Regional Hospital where he was pronounced deceased, according to FHP.