The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a New York man who died after falling from an RV which struck a guardrail on Sunday morning on Interstate 75 Sumter County.
Keith Hertik, 52, of Bay Shore, N.Y., had been riding in a 1994 Ford RV driven by 31-year-old Joseph Rapoza, of Bradenton, Fla., according to an accident report from FHP.
The RV had been traveling southbound at about 8 a.m. near Mile Marker 325 when Rapoza lost control of the vehicle and it struck a guardrail. Part of the left side of the RV was damaged in the collision and the man, who had been riding as a passenger behind the driver, fell from the vehicle.
Hertik was transported to Ocala Regional Medical Center where he died of injuries suffered in the crash.
Rapoza escaped injury.
