Airborne three times, truck sinks in Sarasota pond; driver dies

A 27-year-old Tampa man died when the truck he was driving went airborne three times before submerging in a large pond near the Tatum Ridge Golf Club in Sarasota.

The crash occurred just after midnight on Sunday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

Joshua Louis Bishop was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Sierra east on Richardson Road just west of Rancimo Road when he failed to negotiate a right curve, went airborne and traveled down an embankment, the release states.

The truck kept traveling and went airborne a second time, colliding with a large iron gate and a mailbox at the entrance to the golf club, according to the release.

The vehicle then struck a grass shoulder near Tatum Road before going airborne a third time which caused it to submerge into a large pond, the release states.

The force of the collision with the pond caused the front windshield of the truck to bust, according to the release.

This story was originally published December 11, 2016 at 9:23 PM with the headline "Airborne three times, truck sinks in Sarasota pond; driver dies."