OCOEE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a driver blacked out and crashed into a central Florida elementary school.
Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes says 27-year-old James Elliott Gannon traveled about 22 feet along the shoulder of State Road 436 in Ocoee before hitting a fence and crashing into the building about 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Montes says Gannon may have suffered a head injury earlier Tuesday that contributed to him blacking out behind the wheel. He was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition.
The Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/A9948f ) reports the damage forced a teacher and students to relocate to another area of the building. No one was at the school when the crash occurred.
An investigation continues.
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