May 13, 2024
FHP: Woman dies after crashing into fire truck stopped on I-75 – WTSP.com

FHP: Woman dies after crashing into fire truck stopped on I-75 – WTSP.com

Troopers say the fire truck was stopped in the outside lane with emergency lights activated due to a previous crash.

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — A 21-year-old woman is dead after troopers say she crashed into the back of a fire truck on Interstate 75 early Friday morning.

It happened just before 3 a.m. near I-75 mile marker 327 in Sumter County.

Florida Highway Patrol says the woman was driving northbound on the highway when she failed to see a Sumter County fire truck stopped with emergency lights activated in the outside lane because of a previous crash.

She hit the back of the fire truck and died at the scene of the crash, according to troopers.

Source: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/deadly-i-75-crash-fire-truck/67-e2fb16fd-7c5d-4a1f-9fbc-98f883c8d01e