Apopka

The death of an Apopka man found eight days ago floating in Lake Monroe near the park in DeBary as shown here was determined to be the result of a suicide.

DEBARY -- A body found floating in Lake Monroe on Sept. 29, has been identified as 42-year-old Jin Tak Han of Apopka.

His death was the result of drowning and has been determined to be a suicide, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

A passerby at Lake Monroe Park in DeBary spotted the body and notified a park employee.

The employee flagged down an off-duty deputy, who launched a boat into the river and retrieved the body and brought it to shore. An autopsy confirmed the death was the result of suicide, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.

The green arrow in the graphic shows where a 28-year-old motorist lost his life overnight Saturday in a horrific crash, the first of two fatal accidents resulting in three deaths in Seminole County.

APOPKA -- A 28-year-old Fern Park man was killed overnight Saturday on Bear Lake Road in nearby Seminole County when his Ford Escape left the road and struck a number of objects before overturning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Henry Coleman Jr., was southbound on Bear Lake Road at Bear Lake Circle when he "drifted onto the west shoulder of the roadway, struck a signpost, a fire hydrant, a rock wall, two mailboxes and a tree before overturning," FHP spokeswoman Sgt. KJim Montes said of the 3 a.m. fatality.

The driver was not wearing his seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. This crash remains under investigation, she said, including whether he had been drinking.

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