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Driver dies after crash near Palm Beach/Martin County line

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Posted at 11:03 AM, Jan 27, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-27 11:03:09-05

The Florida Highway Patrol says a driver died following a crash near the Palm Beach County/Martin County line.

The incident happened Sunday around 5:16 p.m. as 88-year-old Raymond Ray Griggs of Tequesta was heading north on SE Country Club Dr, FHP said.

At some point, the vehicle Grigg was driving veered off the road, struck a tree then a fence and entered a retention pond, according to a traffic investigator.

Griggs later died at a hospital, FHP said.

The crash remains under investigation.