VENICE, FL – An 83-year-old man driving a Lexus SUV failed to yield to a trash truck, causing a crash that claimed his life Tuesday, WFLA said. The collision took place before 10:15 a.m. at the intersection of Tempest Harbor Loop and North River Road, and the impact caused the truck to hit the SUV’s […]
VENICE, FL – Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances behind a multi-vehicle crash that caused a trash truck to overturn and spill gravel into I-75 Monday. Troopers told MySunCoast that the events unfolded when a driver of a semi-truck drifted from a center lane and hit a vehicle and then another. One of the […]
JACKSONVILLE, FL – New details from Florida Highway Patrol revealed that a man was killed in a fiery rear-end semi-truck collision on I-10 East Wednesday. According to an update from News4Jax, the man, driving a semi-truck, rear-ended another tractor-trailer after failing to reduce his speed during slow traffic. The impact caused the man’s truck and […]
JACKSONVILLE, FL – One person lost their life in a fiery crash involving two semi-trucks at I-10 East and Cecil Commerce Center Parkway Wednesday morning. Florida Highway Patrol and fire crews shut down all eastbound lanes to accommodate the scene clearance procedure, ActionNewsJax reports. During the closures, officials requested that drivers use SR-23 as an […]
COCOA, FL – A tractor-trailer driver drifted off I-95 South and crashed into a tree, causing the truck to catch fire and injuring themself and their passenger Tuesday. The collision happened before 7 a.m. along mile marker 202, WESH reports. The occupants sustained minor wounds and there were no reports of hospitalizations. Upon arrival, officials […]
CRESTVIEW, FL – A 71-year-old man driving a semi-truck rear-ended another tractor-trailer parked in an I-10 emergency lane, leading both drivers to sustain injuries in the process Friday. This collision took place along the Holt exit and prompted a response from the Crestview and Holt fire crews, according to WEAR News Channel 3. Firefighters said […]
MYAKKA CITY, FL – A 74-year-old woman driving a pickup truck rear-ended another pickup truck and then hit a semi-truck, injuring herself and the other pickup truck motorist Monday. Florida Highway Patrol told the Patch that around 12:45 p.m., the driver of the truck pickup truck had stopped at the stop sign before pursuing a […]
EUSTIS, FL – A 28-year-old man driving a 1994 trash truck collided head-on with a 2019 Toyota Corolla, which claimed a woman’s life Tuesday. FOX 35 Orlando said traffic was starting to slow on northbound CR-439 when the 28-year-old man from Leesburg tried to press on his brakes, drifted into a southbound lane, and struck […]
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A Nissan driver was hospitalized, and a woman inside a semi-truck passed away following a multi-vehicle crash near the Hard Rock Stadium Monday. CBS News said this collision happened on the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike. The driver of a white semi-truck had collided with the black Nissan sedan, forcing the […]
RIDGE MANOR, FL – A 72-year-old man driving a Ford Focus pursued a turn when he struck a semi-truck, which injured himself and claimed the life of his passenger Sunday. WFLA said this wreck occurred shortly before 2 p.m. at the intersection of Cortez Boulevard and U.S. 301. Florida Highway Patrol said the 72-year-old man […]