{"id":9925,"date":"2025-10-22T09:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9925"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:06:56","slug":"man-killed-in-fiery-florida-semi-truck-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/man-killed-in-fiery-florida-semi-truck-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed in Fiery Florida Semi-Truck Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GROVELAND, FL &#8211; A 24-year-old man is dead after a head-on collision with a semi-truck on State Route 50 Sunday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/deadly-crash-lake-and-sumter-line\/69089008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WESH reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on eastbound SR-50 near Sloans Ridge Road around 10:30 pm. The 24-year-old driver missed a curve, crossed into the westbound lanes, and collided head-on with an oncoming semi-truck. The man&#8217;s car then became partially engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The 69-year-old semi-truck driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1LzULQ7CfrfhsMiHCyyU1Kp648qwpzFg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve suffered injuries in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, you may be entitled to compensation. The skilled Florida truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC will fight for accountability you deserve while you focus on recovery. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> online or call <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> today for your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROVELAND, FL &#8211; A 24-year-old man is dead after a head-on collision with a semi-truck on State Route 50 Sunday night, WESH reports. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on eastbound SR-50 near Sloans Ridge Road around 10:30 pm. The 24-year-old driver missed a curve, crossed into the westbound lanes, and collided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9928,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions\/9928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}