Two teens die in Clay County after car lands in retention pond

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Florida Highway Patrol reports a sedan crashing into a tree then coming into a final stop upside down in a retention pond.

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The sedan was traveling southbound on on Oakleaf Plantation Parkway.

The driver, a 17-year-old girl, left the roadway onto the west shoulder, crashing into a tree.

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After the sedan crashed into the tree, the car overturned and came to a stop upside down in a retention pond.

The car was partially submerged, FHP says.

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The driver and the passenger, an 18-year-old male, were pronounced dead on scene by Clay County Fire Rescue.

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