DESTIN, Fla. (WTVY) – A Navarre, Florida man is dead after an early morning crash on Friday in Destin.
According to the accident report, the 50-year-old driver of a black Dodge Charger ran off the road around Scenic Highway 98 and Emerald Coast Parkway, crashing down an embankment and colliding with several parked cars outside the nearby Hampton Inn & Suites.
The vehicle caught on fire as a result of the crash, which also ejected the driver. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies who arrived on the scene shortly after 5:20 a.m. attempted CPR on the driver and also attempted to extinguish the blaze resulting from the crash.
The Destin Fire Department eventually arrived and put out the flames, but the Navarre man involved in the crash was pronounced dead on the scene by Emergency Medical Services personnel…