Crime & Safety

SUV Rollover Kills Land O’ Lakes Man; Three Others Injured

The 27-year-old victim died from injuries, after being ejected from the vehicle.

A 27-year-old Land O’ Lakes man died after being thrown from a vehicle that flipped over Saturday at an Interstate 75 ramp on Interstate 4.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Stephen Wolfe was a passenger in a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by 22-year-old Lauren Kelsey Carter, also of Land O’ Lakes.

Carter was traveling east on I-4 in the center lane at about 3:20 a.m., FHP stated. She changed lanes to the I-75 entrance ramp and apparently lost control of the vehicle, driving onto the right shoulder of the ramp.

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Carter over-corrected, and the vehicle overturned more than once, according to FHP.

As the car flipped over, Wolfe and another passenger, Donivan Nelson, 24, of Tampa, were thrown from the vehicle.

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Wolfe, Carter, Nelson and a third passenger, Taylor Moore, 19, of Land O’ Lakes, were taken to Tampa General Hospital, FHP stated.

Once there, Wolfe died from the injuries he sustained during the crash.


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