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Car Pulled From Area Pond, Driver Dead

    An Ocala woman was found dead on Monday after a vehicle he was driving was discovered submerged in a pond at the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center.  The man, age 25, was unidentified by the Florida Highway Patrol, who was overseeing the investigation into the crash.
    The FHP estimated the crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday night.  The vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Challenger, was northbound on CR 452 near Martin Drive, when for unknown reasons the vehicle ran off the roadway's right side.  The vehicle collided with a pole and chain link fence, and continued in a northeasterly direction.
    The vehicle continued until it went into a retention pond on the camp’s property, and became fully submerged.  
    The crash was not discovered until after sunrise on Monday morning, when the damaged fence and pole, as well as a bumper of the vehicle were noticed.  Lake County Sheriff’s Office divers responded to the scene to assist in the recovery, and the driver was pronounced deceased.
    FHP reports state that the crash remains under investigation, as is the exact time of the crash.