ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 17-year-old Orlando boy died Sunday after rear-ending another driver and hitting a tree in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 3:23 a.m. on Landstar Boulevard, near Island Cove Drive, troopers said.

According to an FHP crash report, the boy was driving a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe and traveling southbound on Landstar Boulevard, approaching Island Cove Drive, when he lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons and struck the rear of a southbound 2007 Honda CR-V being driven ahead of him by a 42-year-old Kissimmee man.

The Hyundai ran off the roadway onto the median and struck a tree, the report states.

The boy was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, troopers said. The man driving the Honda was not inj

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