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 […]
ALACHUA, FL – Alachua police and county deputies are working to determine why a driver of a big rig lost control of their truck and crashed into an electric pole Friday. The collision occurred at the intersection of Northwest 140th Street and Northwest 158th Avenue, WCJB said. Upon arrival, officers, Alachua County deputies, and crews […]
DADE CITY, FL – A GMC Sierra pickup truck driver lost his life, and a semi-truck driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a head-on collision Friday. Florida Highway Patrol told WFLA that the pickup truck driver was traveling south on U.S. 301 north when he hit the tractor-trailer head-on. The pickup truck motorist’s identity was undisclosed, […]
MIAMI, FL –At least one person was injured when a box truck overturned after it was hit by another box truck on Florida’s Turnpike South Wednesday. The box truck that flipped over was initially experiencing mechanical issues and blocking a right lane prior to the crash, WSVN said. After the trucks collided, furniture spilled from […]
PALM COAST, FL – Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the details behind a deadly fiery semi-truck collision that happened on I-95 South Monday. According to First Coast News, the truck driver lost control of his vehicle, drifted off the road, and then slammed into a tree. Moments later, the big rig caught on fire. Florida […]