VERO BEACH — A man has minor injuries after his car swerved off the road and crashed into a telephone pole Friday, police said.
The single-vehicle crash happened about 5 p.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of 17th Street, near the State Road A1A intersection, said officer Chayse Hatfield. The crash left the telephone pole slightly tilted.
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Hatfield said the man, who was driving the car, was stable when he was taken to the Indian River Medical Center. His wife, who was a passenger, was not hurt, but still went to the hospital with her husband.
Their identities were not available.
Alcohol was not a factor and the cause of the crash was not available. Officers and firefighters were still at the scene about 8 p.m.
The crash remains under investigation by police.
No further information was available.
A man has minor injuries after his car swerved off the road and struck a telephone pole on 17th Street in #VeroBeach
Posted by Nick Samuel on Friday, January 5, 2018
