LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) — UPDATE 12/19/2022: The Florida Highway Patrol released a report Monday morning on the accident.
According to the FHP report, at 8:27 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18 on County Road 0342 (Bannerman Road) and Bannerman Lane, a sports utility vehicle driven by a 48-year-old woman of Tallahassee was traveling west on Bannerman Road.
For an unknown reason, the SUV drove off the roadway to the right where it stuck a culvert or drain and multiple trees.
The SUV came to a stop in a grass ditch on the north shoulder of Bannerman Road facing southeast.
According to the report, the driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office and the city of Tallahassee Fire Department assisted the Florida Highway Patrol at the scene.
UPDATE: 11:50 p.m.: The Florida Highway Patrol told ABC 27 a driver died after hitting a pole and a tree, and ending up in a ravine.
Nobody else was involved.
INITIAL REPORT
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office said it is working at the scene of a vehicle accident that occurred Sunday night.
According to the sheriff’s office, it is assisting the Florida Highway Patrol with a single-vehicle wreck near Bannerman Road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s Live Traffic and Road Conditions report website, the accident type is listed as a fatality occurring at 216 Bannerman Road.
FHP responded to the scene at 8:40 p.m. and arrived 16 minutes later.
The sheriff's office requests travelers to avoid the area as the road is closed in both directions at North Meridian Road and Oak Grove Road.
This story will be updated.
