Truck Accidents

August 15, 2025

News: Accident involving car, several semi-trucks blocks northbound lanes on Interstate 75

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OCALA, FL – A multi-vehicle accident in Ocala on Wednesday afternoon sent two people to the hospital and disrupted traffic along Interstate 75.

According to Ocala Fire Rescue, crews responded to the scene on I-75 just north of mile marker 352 at 3:49 p.m. A semi-truck carrying corn was reportedly heading south and experienced a tire failure, causing the vehicle to veer into oncoming traffic.

Emergency crews arrived to find the semi had overturned and come to rest on top of a Honda Civic that was traveling north. Three other semi-trucks were involved in the wreck, with one of them hitting the back of the overturned semi. The other two semis were involved in a rear-end collision.

August 1, 2025

News: Driver killed, passenger injured when car collides with tractor-trailer in Lake County

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BUSHNELL, FL – Authorities were at the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Lake County Friday morning that left one person dead and another injured, WKMG reports.

The fatal wreck involved a Toyota Camry and a tractor-trailer and occurred west of Bushnell. The Florida Highway Patrol learned that the driver of the Camry was going east on County Road 48 at about 6 a.m. and crossed over into the westbound lane near SW 75th Drive. The car collided nearly head-on with the truck as it was traveling west.

The driver of the Toyota, a 70-year-old man, died at the scene. His passenger, a 37-year-old woman, was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital. Both were from Dade City. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 42-year-old Lehigh Acres man, was not injured.

July 28, 2025

News: Collision between car and semi-truck on Florida Turnpike kills 1, injures 1

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LAKE COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to a fatal wreck involving a sedan and a semi-truck in Lake County on Thursday night.

A report by WKMG states the crash took place on Florida’s Turnpike near Hancock Road at about 10:15 p.m. The FHP determined that the driver of a 2025 Hyundai Elantra was heading south on the Turnpike and failed to slow down for a semi that had slowed for traffic ahead of it. The sedan crashed into the back of the truck.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 22-year-old man, died at the scene. His passenger, a 23-year-old woman, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The two occupants of the Hyundai, both from Mobile, Alabama, were not believed to have been wearing seat belts at the time of the collision.

July 18, 2025

News: Florida’s Turnpike closed in Leesburg after semi-truck crashes into guardrail

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LEESBURG, FL – A portion of Florida’s Turnpike in Lake County was shut down during Friday morning’s commute due to a truck accident, WKMG reported.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a 2012 Freightliner was going south on the Turnpike when the crash occurred at about 5 a.m. at mile marker 287 in Leesburg. The FHP said the steering failed on the vehicle and the semi went off the roadway, where it crashed into a guardrail and overturned.

No injuries were reported. The driver was a 50-year-old man from Grand Ridge, Florida.

July 14, 2025

News: Accident involving semi-truck shuts down Interstate 75 north in Marion County

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MARION COUNTY, FL – An accident involving a semi-truck shut down a portion of Interstate 75 in Marion County on Friday morning, causing major traffic delays.

A report by WKMG stated that the semi was hauling a large excavator on a flatbed trailer at about 10 a.m. when it struck the Southwest 66th Street bridge overpass. Northbound lanes were blocked on I-75 at County Road 484 as the bridge was shut down for repairs.

The driver of the truck, a 71-year-old man from Ocala, was not injured in the incident. All lanes of Interstate 75 were reopened later in the day.

May 21, 2025

News: Pasco County collision involving SUV and tractor-trailer kills Dade City woman

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DADE CITY, FL – An SUV and a tractor-trailer were involved in a deadly collision in Pasco County on Monday afternoon, reports Pasco News Online.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck, which occurred at the intersection of US-301 and the US-98 Bypass.

The FHP has learned that the driver of the tractor-trailer was heading north on US-301 at about 3:05 p.m. when he tried to make a left turn at the intersection and entered the path of a southbound Jeep Cherokee, with the two vehicles then colliding.

April 2, 2025

News: 3 injured in accident in Dunnellon involving car and tractor-trailer

by Whittel & Melton, LLC

MARION COUNTY, FL – Emergency crews were called to a collision in Marion County last Thursday morning that left three people injured.

According to a Facebook post from Marion County Fire Rescue, units were dispatched to the intersection of SW Oleander Place and SW Marine Boulevard in Dunnellon shortly before 8 a.m.

It was reported that a Toyota sedan and a semi tractor-trailer were involved in the wreck, and occupants of the sedan were trapped. Three people were extricated and were taken to a local trauma hospital, with one of them designated as a trauma alert.

March 21, 2025

News: 2 injured in collision involving USPS tractor-trailer on I-75 near Micanopy

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MICANOPY, FL – A collision in Alachua County Wednesday morning left two people injured and disrupted traffic along Interstate 75, according to the Main Street Daily News.

The crash happened on southbound I-75 near the mile marker 374 exit ramp near Micanopy. The Florida Highway Patrol said a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer crashed into a Ford pickup truck.

The pickup was parked with no lights activated and was partially blocking the outside lane when the driver of the southbound tractor-trailer swerved to avoid it, but collided with the stopped vehicle. The tractor-trailer overturned as a result of the impact.

March 18, 2025

News: Driver killed in head-on collision with tractor-trailer on U.S. 301

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DADE CITY, FL – One person was killed and another injured in a collision involving a wrong-way driver in Pasco County on Friday morning, Pasco News Online reports.

The crash, involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer, occurred on U.S. 301 in Dade City shortly before 5 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving a GMC Sierra south in the northbound lanes and collided head-on with a northbound tractor-trailer near Mickler Road.

The Sierra driver, who was not immediately identified, died at the scene. The tractor-trailer driver, a 41-year-old Haines City man, was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

March 12, 2025

News: Driver dies in collision with tractor-trailer in Alachua County

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A collision in Alachua County early Monday left one of the drivers dead and the other injured, the Gainesville Sun reported.

A sedan and a tractor-trailer were involved in the wreck at an intersection in Hawthorne at about 5 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation found the driver of a sedan was going south on County Road 1469 and approached a stop sign at County Road 219A.

The driver of the sedan proceeded from the stop sign and then collided with a northbound semi tractor-trailer that was also approaching the intersection and could not stop in time. The sedan driver, a 33-year-old man from Earleton, died at the scene.