Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Interstate 75 in Port Charlotte, Florida.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly attempted to turn around in the paved median and collided with a pickup truck.
Participants:
- Driver of pickup truck
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of pickup truck, killed
Details:
On or about Tuesday, February 1st, 2022, around 10:00 in the morning, an accident between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer left one individual dead. Troopers from the FHP said the accident was reported along the eastbound side of Interstate 75 in Port Charlotte, Florida.
Spokespeople from the Florida Highway Patrol said one as-of-yet unidentified individual was killed when a tractor-trailer allegedly used a paved median to turn around from the eastbound to the westbound lanes where it collided with the victim’s pickup truck. Emergency responders pronounced the driver of the tractor-trailer dead a short time after the accident.
According to Google Maps, Interstate 75 runs north and south along the eastern edge of Port Charlotte.
Multiple agencies assisted after the accident.