Articles Tagged with Alachua County

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and emergency crews were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon, WCJB reported.

The vehicles collided on Interstate 75 northbound near mile marker 374 in the vicinity of the Micanopy exit, causing one of the vehicles to roll over.  Three children were injured in the accident and were transported to an area hospital as trauma alerts.  No details were released regarding the severity of the injuries.

Northbound I-75 was restricted to one lane during the crash response and investigation, with all lanes reopening later in the afternoon.

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A collision between a car and a semi-truck in Alachua County last week left one man dead and another injured, reports the Alachua Chronicle.

The fatal wreck occurred early in the morning on July 24 along County Road 235.  The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving a sedan southbound at about 2:52 a.m. when he crossed the center line into the northbound lane near NW 78th Avenue.   The sedan sideswiped a northbound semi-truck, then collided head-on with another semi that was headed north.

The sedan driver, a 34-year-old Trenton man, died at the scene.  He was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers said.

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a collision in Alachua County that sent two people to the hospital on Friday morning.

The Alachua Chronicle reports the two-vehicle wreck occurred on State Road 20 (Hawthorne Road) near SE 159th Street in the Grove Park area at about 7:45 a.m.  State troopers said the driver of an SUV was heading east when the vehicle went off the roadway and onto the grassy shoulder, where it began to rotate.  The SUV then went across both eastbound lanes, into the grass median and overturned before entering the westbound lanes, where it collided with a sedan.

The SUV driver, a 27-year-old woman from Ocala, was ejected from the vehicle and rushed to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.  The driver of the sedan, a 60-year-old Hawthorne woman, was seriously injured and was listed in stable condition at the hospital.

MELROSE, FL – Emergency crews came to the aid of a person trapped in the wreckage of a single-vehicle crash in Alachua County on Tuesday morning, according to the Alachua Chronicle.

The incident happened in the vicinity of State Road 26 and Quail Street in Melrose at about 10 a.m.    Alachua County Fire Rescue and the Melrose Fire Department arrived to find a vehicle on its side with a person inside.

With the use of hydraulic rescue tools, the rescuers were able to remove the vehicle’s roof and extricate the occupant.  The victim was taken to an area trauma center to be treated for serious injuries.

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A fatal accident shut down a stretch of U.S. 301 in Alachua County on Thursday morning, according to WCJB.

The wreck occurred along U.S. Highway 301 near Southeast Hawthorne Road.   The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was driving north in the left inside lane of the highway at about 8:30 a.m. His vehicle collided with a truck tractor that was making a turn, with his vehicle hitting the rear axle of the truck’s trailer.

The driver of the first vehicle, a 25-year-old St. Petersburg man, died in the crash.  He was wearing a seat belt at the time, state troopers said.

GAINESVILLE, FL – Law enforcement authorities and emergency crews were dispatched to a multi-vehicle accident that disrupted traffic in Alachua County on Wednesday afternoon.

A traffic alert from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said the collision closed all southbound lanes of US 441 at SW Williston Road shortly before 4:15 p.m.

The sheriff’s office told WCJB that three vehicles were involved in the wreck and that injuries were reported on the scene, but no details were released on the conditions of those who had been hurt.  All lanes were reported reopened by 5:25 p.m.

NEWBERRY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol released details of a deadly crash that occurred in Alachua County on Sunday, according to the Gainesville Sun.

State troopers were dispatched to Northwest County Road 235 near Northwest 204th Street after the incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m.   An SUV and a sedan had collided near the intersection northeast of Newberry

The FHP determined that the accident happened when one of the drivers was going south on the roadway and tried to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone.