HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — A Brooksville man driving an all-terrain vehicle with his girlfriend and two young girls was killed early Saturday morning after he hit a fence and overturned.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, the 36-year-old man was driving a Polaris side-by-side all-terrain vehicle northbound on Saturn Road in Hernando County at about 12:44 a.m. when he lost control around a curve at the 3300 block of the roadway.
The vehicle left the roadway, hit a fence, and overturned, the patrol report stated.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The three passengers were his daughter, 11, his girlfriend, 36, and her 10-year-old daughter. They were not injured, the report stated.
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"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
