Passenger dead, driver injured after Tesla crashes into pole on Golden Gate Pkwy in Collier County

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. —

A passenger is dead and a driver is injured after a Tesla crashed into a traffic pole and overturned on Golden Gate Parkway, according to troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol.

According to FHP, troopers responded to the scene of a rollover crash on Golden Gate Parkway at Estuary Boulevard shortly before midnight on Wednesday.

FHP says that the driver, a 48-year-old man from Fort Myers, was traveling east on Golden Gate Parkway, approaching the intersection of Estuary Boulevard.

Troopers say that the vehicle traveled off the road, crashed into a traffic signal pole, and overturned.

The driver was injured and transported to a hospital. The passenger, a 50-year-old woman from Fort Myers, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash is still under investigation.

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