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Lakeland man, 21, dies in Tampa single-car crash

 
Tampa Bay Times
Published July 19, 2018

TAMPA — A Lakeland man was killed Wednesday night after he lost control at a turn and struck a tree, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Gabriel Wyatt, 21, was driving a 2007 Audi northbound on Old Hopewell Road toward Highway 60 around 10:50 p.m. at the time of the crash, deputies said. He died at the scene.

A passenger, 20-year-old Morgan Williams of Piedmont, S.C., was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital, deputies said. She is listed in critical condition.

The circumstances behind the crash were not immediately known.