Man dies in single-vehicle Gainesville accident

A 24-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on NW 5^th Avenue on Monday night.

According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) social media post, the man was driving eastbound on NW 5^th Avenue and ran the stop sign at the NW 3^rd Street intersection around 9:13 p.m.

The vehicle hit a parked car in the yard of 501 NW 3^rd Street before striking a large tree in the front yard of 429 NW 3^rd Street. It then traveled east, crashed through a fence along the north side before hitting a second tree and flipping onto its roof.