Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on the southbound side of State Road 29 in Collier County, Florida.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly drove off the side of the road and rolled.
Participants:
- Driver of tractor-trailer
- Passenger in tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of tractor-trailer, 21, killed
- Passenger in tractor-trailer, 51, killed
Details:
On or about Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, around 4:30 in the morning, a single-vehicle tractor-trailer accident left two men dead. Troopers from the FHP said the accident was reported along the southbound side of State Road 29 in Collier County, Florida.
Officials from the Florida Highway Patrol said an as-of-yet unidentified 21-year-old man and a 51-year-old man were killed when the tractor-trailer they were in allegedly rolled off the side of southbound SR 29. Emergency responders pronounced the 21-year-old driver and 51-year-old passenger dead of their injuries a short time after the crash.
State Road 29 runs north and south through Collier County, which is about 94 miles west of downtown Miami.
Multiple agencies are assisting in the accident investigation.