A Sumter County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy who was critically injured while on his way to work this past week, died Saturday afternoon of injuries suffered in the accident.
James Bryon Russo, 31, was airlifted from the scene of the single-vehicle accident which occurred at 5:17 a.m. Tuesday in Hernando County.
He had been driving a 2007 four-door Toyota eastbound on State Road 50 when his vehicle entered the center median, he overcorrected and the vehicle overturned, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. He was thrown from the vehicle in the crash, the report indicated.
He died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Bayonet Point Regional Medical Center.
Russo began his employment with the Sumter County Detention Center as a detention support specialist in December 2013 and was later promoted to a detention deputy.
“Please keep the Russo family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
