ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg man was seriously injured after crashing his car on I-275 Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida Highway Patrol said at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, a Tesla sedan was driving at a high speed toward the Sunshine Skyway Bridge when the driver lost control.
The Tesla left the roadway, hit a drainage pond, and flipped into the mangroves.
According to troopers, the 25-year-old driver, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, ended up getting thrown from the Tesla and into the Gulf of Mexico.
However, a passing boater pulled him out of the water and took him to the Maximo boat ramp.
He was taken to a hospital for serious injuries.
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