Highway Crash
News: Hit-and-run DUI driver fatally collides with vehicle on FL 60
MULBERRY, FL – The alleged impaired hit-and-run driver who fatally collided with a vehicle on Oct. 23 has been arrested, WWSB reports. According to authorities, Ernesto Lopez Morales, 32, was operating a Chevrolet Suburban at high speeds, without headlights, on westbound FL 60. As Morales approached the intersection with Espo Dr, he rear-ended a Hyundai Elantra. The impact pushed the Elantra 600
News: Driver injured after colliding with semi-truck on I-75
BRANDON, FL – According to the Tampa Bay Times, a 25-year-old driver was hurt after striking a semi-truck on I-75 near FL 60 Sunday. The motorist was driving a Kia Optima on southbound I-75 when he plowed into the disabled semi-truck parked on the road’s shoulder. The semi-truck was carrying three Teslas. Dispatchers sent first responders to the scene of the accident
News: FHP trooper, semi-truck driver fatally collide with motorcyclist on I-4
POLK COUNTY, FL – A trooper with Florida Highway Patrol and a semi-truck driver fatally struck a motorcyclist Monday, WFTS reports. The trooper was assisting a construction crew who was closing off the area of the roadway for repairs when he pulled out in front of the 52-year-old male motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was ejected off his bike when he collided with the
News: Car runs over, injures road ranger on I-75
TAMPA, FL – A vehicle collided with a road ranger on I-75 Thursday, WFLA reports. The 38-year-old road ranger was responding to a crash involving a semi-truck hauling frozen food around 2 a.m. The truck had passed slow traffic and plowed through a barrier. The truck came to rest in the northbound lanes of I-75 and it then caught on fire. According
News: At least 1 person dead following crash on Veterans Expwy
TAMPA, FL – A person died following a semi-truck collision on northbound Veterans Expwy near Hillsborough Ave Friday, ABC Action News reports. The time when the crash occurred is unknown. One of the vehicles involved caught on fire after the collision. Authorities have not released the names of the people involved in the incident at this time. Have you been injured in
News: Motorcyclist strikes stray bumper, guardrail on I-75 access road
BRANDON, FL – A motorcyclist died after striking a bumper and a guardrail on the southbound I-75 access road north of Lee Roy Selmon Expwy on Sunday, Tampa Bay Times reports. At around 3:52 p.m., a 63-year-old man was riding a motorcycle on the southbound I-75 access road behind a sedan operated by a 52-year-old woman. As they approached the intersection with
News: Parents arrested in relation to deadly crash that killed 1-year-old on Aligator Alley
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – The parents charged with a deadly crash that killed an infant and injured three children last year were booked in the Broward County jail on Wednesday, NBC Miami reports. On Sept. 3st, 2020, Marc Dorizar, 34, drove a Nissan Frontier with six passengers on Aligator Alley. As he approached mile marker 28, a tire blew, which caused Dorizar
