NEAR PERRY, FL – A 71-year-old Lafayette County man lost his life, and a 52-year-old Missouri man was critically injured in a head-on semi-truck wreck Tuesday.
Florida Highway Patrol told WCTV that around 8:45 a.m., the 71-year-old man driving a semi-truck had first crashed into a guardrail on US. 221 North. This incident then caused him to drift into the southbound lanes and hit another big rig operated by the 52-year-old man.
The impact of the wreck caused the 52-year-old man’s truck to jackknife and the 71-year-old man’s tractor-trailer to go over a guardrail before breaking into several pieces. Troopers confirmed the drivers did not wear seatbelts.
Medical helicopter personnel were summoned to the crash site and rushed the 52-year-old man to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital by Life Flight, while the 71-year-old man perished at the scene.
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