MIRAMAR, FL – A dump truck violently collided with a median barrier on the Florida Turnpike this morning, potentially trapping its driver in the wreckage. According to NBC Miami, the crash happened in the southbound lanes near University Drive. We do not know what time the collision occurred. The outlet reports that the dump truck […]
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – Two people were hospitalized after colliding with a semi-truck on SR-436 early Wednesday morning, WESH reports. According to Altamonte Springs police, the crash occurred at the intersection of SR-436 and SR-434 around 2 am. The semi-truck was making a U-turn when another vehicle crashed into the side of it. The vehicle […]
PUNTA GORDA, FL – Emergency responders rescued a 67-year-old man after he fell off a bridge following a collision with a semi-truck in Charlotte County on Wednesday morning, Gulf Coast News reports. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on northbound I-75 near exit 166. After the collision, both vehicles pulled off onto […]
GROVELAND, FL – A 24-year-old man is dead after a head-on collision with a semi-truck on State Route 50 Sunday night, WESH reports. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on eastbound SR-50 near Sloans Ridge Road around 10:30 pm. The 24-year-old driver missed a curve, crossed into the westbound lanes, and collided […]
SUWANNEE COUNTY, FL – Two people were killed in a fiery collision involving a semi-truck on I-75 early Sunday morning, WCTV reports. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at mile marker 440 around 2 am. The semi-truck collided with an SUV, causing the SUV to hit the guardrails and catch fire. The driver […]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – A man was killed in a fiery collision with a semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike Monday night, Fox 29 reports. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on the northbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike near Yamato Road around 9:30 pm. The driver of a Kia SUV collided with the […]
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, FL – A collision on County Road 53 involving a semi-truck left one dead late Friday morning, WCTV reports. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred near Northwest Cairo Road just before noon. A 78-year-old man driving a Toyota crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a semi-truck. The Toyota driver […]
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – A man was killed when a semi-truck collided with his stopped vehicle on I-4 Wednesday night, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. The collision occurred near Lake Mary around 9:27 pm. A Tesla was stopped in the center lane of eastbound I-4 when a semi-truck approaching from behind attempted to swerve around. […]
WEST MELBOURNE, FL. – A woman was killed when a man fleeing from a hit-and-run collision ran a red light and struck her vehicle Saturday night, News 6 reports. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the collision occurred at the intersection of Eber and Hollywood boulevards around 6:42 pm. The 26-year-old driver of the box truck […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A commercial truck driver accused of three counts of vehicular homicide entered a not guilty plea this Monday, KCRA reports. 28-year-old Harjinder Singh–a native of India and Stockton, California resident–became the center of a heated debate about non-citizens obtaining commercial driver’s licenses in the U.S. after he was accused of making […]