Kia rear-ended gasoline tanker, triggering crash and explosion that killed truck driver, Florida troopers say
A truck driver misplaced his life over the weekend in a two car collision in Hillsborough County, Florida.
The crash occurred round 2:40 a.m. on Saturday, Could 6, on US-41 close to Bloomingdale Avenue.
Based on the Florida Freeway Patrol (FHP), the motive force of a a 2020 Kia Stinger rear-ended a gasoline tanker truck, inflicting the truck to blow up after which strike a utility pole.
The Kia went off the roadway and got here to a cease in a grassy space resting on its roof.
The truck driver, a 49 yr previous from Alabama, didn’t survive the crash.
The Kia driver, a 23 yr previous Florida resident, was hospitalized with critical accidents.
The crash stays underneath investigation.
A motorist captured video of the fiery aftermath of the crash.
FHP is asking the drivers of the Dodge Chargers within the video beneath to contact them as witnesses at 813-558-1800.
The FHP is requesting the drivers of those two Dodge Chargers (witnesses) contact our investigators by calling 813-558-1800 or *FHP. pic.twitter.com/xMJGun2dTL
— FHP Tampa (@FHPTampa) Could 6, 2023
