A 41-year-old Tampa man died in a crash Wednesday evening in Hillsborough County.
The unidentified man was driving a 2017 Nissan Maxima eastbound on Hillsborough Avenue, west of Montague Street, in the inside travel lane, according to a Florida Highway Patrol accident report. Also driving eastbound on Hillsborough Avenue, west of Montague Street, in the inside lane was 26-year-old Tien Tram traveling in a 2017 Toyota Camry. The unidentified driver overtook and collided with the rear of Tram’s vehicle, causing the driver’s Nissan Maxima to travel off the roadway and crash partially in a lake along the outside shoulder of the roadway. The unidentified driver died at the scene of the crash. He had not been wearing a seat belt during the accident.
Jeannie Kay Miller, 25 of Palm Harbor, who had been a passenger in the Nissan Maxima, suffered minor injuries.