Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Florida’s Turnpike near West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Florida.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer and an 18-wheeler collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Driver of tractor-trailer
- Driver of second tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One person, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Friday, March 5th, 2021, around 5:30 in the morning, an accident between an 18-wheeler and a tractor-trailer sent one person to the hospital. Troopers from the FHP said the accident happened along Florida’s Turnpike near the exchange with West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Florida.
Authorities said one person was injured when a semi truck and a tractor-trailer collided under unspecified circumstances. One person was transported to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries after the incident. No other vehicles were mentioned in the initial police statement.
Photos from the scene show the trailer portion of an 18-wheeler may have been hit by the front/passenger side of a tractor-trailer.
Florida Highway Patrol and local police assisted at the scene of the crash.