News: Driver dies after single-vehicle Palm Beach County car wreck

BELLE GLADE, FL – Authorities said a man died in a single-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Palm Beach County.

The Palm Beach Post reports the crash happened in the 33000 block of Conners Highway outside Belle Glade.

According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, 55-year-old Toriano Rutledge of Port St. Lucie was driving an Infiniti QX56 when he collided with a guardrail, crossed two lanes of traffic and struck a rail on the other side of the highway. The car went over the guardrail, hit a berm and came to rest on its roof.

Rutledge was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:23 a.m.

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