Bronson, FL : 34-year-old man killed when the pickup truck hit a tree in Levy County on Sunday, May 15, 2016

A 34-year-old Bronson man was killed when the pickup truck he was driving went off the road and hit a tree in Levy County on Sunday.

Gerald Charles Dukes Jr. was killed, according to a Florida Highway Patrol media release.

A passenger, Victoria Faren, 22, of St. Petersburg, was taken to UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville with serious injuries. Troopers said there may have been a third passenger who has not been identified.

The crash occurred at about 12:50 p.m. Sunday on Northeast 82nd Place near Northeast 97th Court, which at that point is a one-lane dirt road, according to the FHP.

The truck, a 1995 GMC pickup, went onto the east shoulder, and Dukes overcorrected, taking the truck onto the west shoulder, according to the FHP. It went off the road and struck a tree.

Dukes was pronounced dead at the scene by a Levy County paramedic at 1:04 p.m.

Troopers said the crash remains under investigation.

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Bronson man dies in Levy County crash