Port Charlotte Man Wins Lottery and gets killed an hour later

A Port Charlotte man who hit the Powerball for 38,000.00 for having 4 matching numbers on his ticket was killed an hour after finding out he won. Douglas Timko was reviewing his ticket and upon realizing he won called his wife to tell her the news. While on the phone with his wife he was involved in an accident with a dump truck. According to witnesses at the scene the dump truck driven by Raul Ortiz was traveling on Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte swerving in and out of traffic when it ran a red light at Veterans Blvd and crashed into a Black Nissan Titan truck. The Nissan rolled over several times ejecting Mr.Timko from the vehicle. Douglas Timko was pronounced dead at the scene and FHP is investigating the accident.