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.