Three people are dead after a serious crash just south of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
Police were investigating the scene on University Parkway between the intersections with Old Bradenton Road and DeSoto Road. Early information suggests this was a single-vehicle incident in which high speed was a factor. Officers have not yet determined a cause.
Emergency crews rushed a fourth person, 21-year-old Thomas Bentley, to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He is expected to survive, according to Sarasota police. The crash occurred just hours after Bentley turned 21 years old.
Police confirmed the identities of the three deceased victims as:
- Wesley C. McCurley, 21 years old
- Michael P. Duffy, 21 years old
- Dane W. Custer, 21 years old
McCurley was driving at the time of the crash, per a police report.
A section of University Parkway was closed around 3 a.m. after the wreck, but has since reopened.
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