A tractor trailer on Interstate 10 in Gadsden County crossed the median, overturned and blocked oncoming traffic, causing another semi to wreck on the roadway, yet no one was hurt.
Here’s what happened, according to the Florida Highway Patrol: A tractor trailer driven by a 24-year-old California man was headed east on the interstate around 10:30 p.m. on June 14.
Near mile marker 191 in Gadsden County, the driver ran off the roadway, overcorrected, causing the vehicle to overturn onto its side. It then skidded into the westbound lanes, blocking all of them.
Another semi, driven by a 61-year-old Doral man, was headed west at that moment and “took evasive actions … to avoid a collision but was unsuccessful,” slamming into the overturned tractor trailer, a news release said.
Neither truck driver was injured, nor was a 23-year-old passenger in the first truck, troopers said. The FHP does not name those involved in traffic crashes in its news releases.
The Highway Patrol said it was assisted by the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Department, Midway Police Department, Gadsden County EMS, Midway Fire Department, Quincy Fire Department, Wetumpka Volunteer Fire Department and Gretna Fire Department.
Jim Rosica can be reached at jrosica@tallahassee.com. Follow him on X: @JimRosicaFL.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FHP: Tractor trailer overturns on I-10, triggers second semi crash