MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - State troopers say a man is dead after losing control of a vehicle in Marion County on Friday.

Florida Highway Patrol officials say the 44-year-old man from Palatka was driving an SUV south on State Road 19, just three miles south of County Road 314 near Fort McCoy.

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He lost control, the SUV flipped over, throwing him out of the vehicle just before 4 p.m..

Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt.

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