SHADY HILLS, FL – A 60-year-old man operating an AmeriGas Propane tanker truck put his truck in reserve to access a driveway when he was hit by an on-duty Pinellas County deputy.
This collision happened on Hudson Avenue West before 5:30 a.m. adjacent to Hays Road, FirstCoast News reported. The impact of this wreck caused the deputy’s marked patrol SUV, traveling east on Hudson, to go underneath the truck, thus trapping the deputy himself.
Fire rescue crews were able to extricate the deputy, identified as 32-year-old Dakota Dellechiaie, from his destroyed SUV prior to an ambulance taking him to a hospital to receive treatment for serious head lacerations.
The truck driver was unharmed in the process, and authorities did not say if he would face charges. It is unclear if the Dellechiaie did not reduce his speed and yield to the truck prior to this collision.
Florida Highway Patrol, who were among the first responders, did have to shut down Hudson Avenue for a few hours for the standard scene clearance and investigation period.
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