PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A tractor-trailer driver lost their life, and another person was hospitalized following a collision on FL’s Turnpike Tuesday, WPTV said. Just before 11:30 p.m., the truck driver had crashed into a concrete rail and a small car. The truck’s tandem trailer was said to have “possibly scraped the bottom” of […]
MANALAPAN, FL – A 74-year-old woman lost her life on Monday, March 31, more than two weeks after she was struck by a truck while walking toward a Publix store. The collision took place on March 11 in the Plaza del Mar shopping center on Ocean Boulevard, according to CBS 12. Authorities have identified the […]
TAMPA, FL – A 62-year-old female driver was hospitalized for unspecified injuries after her Nissan Altima was rear-ended by a big rig on I-75 Monday. According to ABC Action News, the initial rear-ended collision took place before 11:30 a.m. south of mile marker 262, which is adjacent to the Tampa Executive Airport. Once the Nissan […]
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL – A 51-year-old Riverview man sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a trash truck rollover collision on I-75 South Saturday. Fox 13 News said the truck had spilled numerous piles of rock, prompting temporary lane closures. All lanes have reopened since. The driver is recovering at a hospital. Troopers have not confirmed why the […]
LAUDERHILL, FL – Fire crews were summoned to a fiery rollover big rig collision that happened on Florida’s Turnpike near Sunrise Boulevard Wednesday. David Platt, an eyewitness, captured a video of the wreck and sent it to NBC Miami. The driver of the truck appeared to have lost control of their vehicle, plowed into the […]
FORT PIERCE, FL – A person suffered fatal injuries as a result of a three-vehicle head-on crash involving a garbage truck Monday, TC Palm said. The collision took place at the intersection of North Kings Highway and Saint Lucie Boulevard, west of Treasure Coast International Airport. St. Lucie County deputies and fire rescue crews responded […]
PENSACOLA, FL –A 55-year-old Geneva woman driving a semi-truck hydroplaned, which led to an injury crash with a second big rig and a car Monday, WDHN reports. Florida Highway Patrol said the woman drifted from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes and collided with another big rig. Seconds later, the big rig driver, a […]
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Local police were summoned to the scene of a tractor-trailer collision at the northbound I-95 and Airport Road connector Sunday. After arriving, police and crews shut down at least a few lanes, and by 6:45 p.m., only one lane was closed, according to First Coast News. Officials have not specified the events […]
DADE CITY, FL – A GMC Sierra pickup truck driver died, and a tractor-trailer operator was sent to a hospital after a wrong-way wreck on U.S. 301 last Friday, March 14. The pickup truck driver had driven south on U.S. 301 North when he crashed head-on into the big rig, Pasco News Online said. Florida […]
MICANOPY, FL – A United States Postal Service tractor-trailer overturned after colliding with a pickup truck on I-75 South, leaving both drivers with minor injuries Wednesday. Florida Highway Patrol told WCJB that the pickup truck was parked and blocking part of a lane. The semi-driver drifted out of their lane to avoid hitting the pickup […]