A 63-year-old man died after his car crossed Southwest Archer Road and ran into the stairs at Regency Oaks Apartments, 3230 SW Archer Road, early Tuesday morning.
Deleon Brooks was driving a Nissan pickup truck when his car drove over the median into westbound traffic and continued over the front lawn of the development, hitting a parked Jeep, a rock and a tree along the way, according to Gainesville Police Department Cpl. Tscharna Senn.
Brooks continued until he smashed into the stairs, causing unspecified damage to the stairs, Senn said.
Brooks was then taken to Shands at UF but died during treatment, she said, adding that the crash's cause is being investigated.
Leon Bradwell, leasing manager at Regency Oaks, said repairs to the damaged stairs were fixed Tuesday.
