Lake Butler man dies after losing control of truck

FHP: 59-year-old Malcolm Crews not wearing seat belt

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. – A 59-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Union County on Saturday night.

Florida Highway Patrol says Malcolm H. Crews, of Lake Butler, was driving a 2007 Chevy Silverado north on Northwest County Road 241.

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Troopers say for unknown reasons the pickup truck traveled into the southbound lane and veered onto the southbound shoulders. According to investigators the left side of the pickup truck struck a mailbox and kept going on the southbound shoulder.

Then troopers say the truck became airborne, traveling across a deep culvert before the left side of the truck hit two support poles from a private fence. According to investigators, the truck overturned multiple times before coming to a final rest on its right side facing west.

Investigators say Crews was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt.  A passenger, 51-year-old James A. Shaw, also of Lake Butler, was wearing a seat belt and was taken to UF Health in Gainesville with serious injuries.

It has not been determined if alcohol was a factor in this crash.