A Tallahassee man died in Alachua County Friday after his car hydroplaned on Interstate 75 and hit two trees on the side of the road.

Florida Highway Patrol investigators said William Huckaby Junior, 62, was traveling south on I-75 at mile marker 384 in Gainesville when his 1997 Mercedes hydroplaned and flew off the road after he attempted to change lanes.

Huckaby was pronounced dead at the scene by Alachua County Fire Rescue.