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Deputies: Tampa man killed after car strikes tree

 
Published July 23, 2017

TOWN 'N COUNTRY — A 24-year-old man was killed early Sunday after he lost control of his car, causing it to hit a pine tree.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Taylor McGarr, of Tampa, was driving a black Toyota Corolla eastbound in the outside lane of W Waters Avenue toward Pinehurst Drive.

About 2:50 a.m., McGarr lost control of the car, causing it to spin in the counter-clockwise direction, according to the Sheriff's Office. The car struck a median curb then went into the median, where the rear passenger side door hit a pine tree.

The impact uprooted the tree and caused the car to flip. McGarr, who deputies said wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle. He died at the scene.