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Briefs
Two men die in Plant City car accident
By Times staff writers
Published January 24, 2005
PLANT CITY - Two men died late Saturday after their sports car flipped and hit a utility pole, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
The 24-year-old driver and his 20-year-old passenger, whose names deputies did not release, died at the scene.
The men had been traveling on Trapnell Road, near State Road 39, in a 1998 Corvette about 11:45 p.m. when the driver lost control, deputies said. The Corvette left the road, hit a mailbox then spun around before hitting the utility pole, deputies said.
The driver was ejected and his passenger was trapped inside the car. Deputies said the men weren't wearing seat belts.
Train kills man sleeping on tracks
VALRICO - A man was killed by a train early Sunday after he fell asleep on the train tracks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies did not identify the man, pending a positive identification from the Medical Examiner's Office. The accident happened just before 1 a.m., east of St. Cloud Avenue and north of State Road 60.
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