May 29th Florida Highway 308 near Crescent City Florida

High speed and late at night-  bad combination,   2 gone.  

Two Crescent City men were killed early Sunday when their vehicle left the road and was torn in half by a tree.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Christ Gomez and Hernan Hernandez were traveling east at a high speed on County Road 308 in Putnam County about 2:45 a.m. when their Honda Civic left the road on a curve.

The Highway Patrol report said the vehicle collided with a utility poll, a tree and then another tree. The vehicle was torn in half when it wrapped around the final tree, killing both men.

Gomez was 24, Hernandez was 21. Both men were wearing seat belts, the FHP said.