POLK COUNTY, CO – A driver of a BayCare box truck rear-ended a semi-truck, causing the box truck to catch on fire and claiming the BayCare motorist’s life Wednesday. The events unraveled after 2 a.m., ABC Action News reports. Florida Highway Patrol said box truck drivers did not reduce their speed amid slowed traffic, which […]
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A 41-year-old Pinellas Park man was rushed to a hospital following a truck rollover collision on I-275 Sunday, WTSP reports. The crash took place around 12:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes near 38th Avenue North. Florida Highway Patrol said road conditions were slick when the driver lost control of his truck […]
RUSKIN, FL – A semi-truck front cab split open, leading the truck to crash and rollover, causing many beer cans to spill, and injuring its driver, a 53-year-old man, Thursday. Florida Highway Patrol told FOX 13 News that around 2:30 a.m., the Doral man tried to exit off I-75 South prior to the front cab […]
NEAR PLANT CITY, FL – A big rig jackknifed, an ambulance overturned, and a 64-year-old woman later lost her life following a Friday night collision. WTSP said the events unfolded after 11:30 p.m., when the ambulance driver, 26, drove east on McGee Road and collided with the big rig driver going north on FL 39. […]
HOLLYWOOD, FL – A driver was entrapped inside his red big rig after a light pole struck his truck, causing it to overturn Thursday. The solo collision took place at the southbound FL’s Turnpike and Hollywood Boulevard connector, Local 10 said. Before Florida Highway Patrol and fire crews arrived at the scene, Local 10 reporter […]
PASCO COUNTY, FL – Two people passed away, and four were injured in a multi-vehicle collision caused by speeding that involved a fire engine truck Wednesday night. ABC Action News said the first collision took place on southbound Little Road. A Dodge Ram pickup truck was speeding and hit a Toyota 4 Runner, pursuing a […]
CENTER HILL, FL – A 63-year-old man operating a trash truck ran a stop sign and hit a Chevy van, sending the van driver to the hospital, where he passed away Tuesday. The events happened before 5:45 a.m., according to Click Orlando. Prior to the collision, the van motorist was going north on SR-471 and […]
ORMOND BEACH, FL – Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances behind a pickup truck and double semi-truck collision on I-95 North Tuesday. Fox35 Orlando said the events unfolded when one semi-truck driver drifted off I-95 North, crashed into three light poles, and then overcorrected, which caused the truck to overturn. A pickup truck driver […]
LEE COUNTY, FL – A 28-year-old man driving a Lexus had tried to merge from an I-75 outside lane to a center lane when he collided with a semi, leading to his death Friday. The collision happened after 3:30 p.m. near mile marker 147, according to WINK News. Florida Highway Patrol said the man had […]
LAKE WORTH, FL – Two boys riding bicycles had crashed into each other, causing the bikes to overturn and the boys to get hit by a semi-truck, killing one of them and injuring the other. This collision occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday near Woodlands Middle School, NBC Miami reports. Upon arrival, deputies confirmed that one […]