ALACHUA, FL – A tractor-trailer and a pickup truck were involved in a fatal collision in Alachua on Wednesday morning, reports the Gainesville Sun.
The vehicles crashed at about 5:55 a.m. on County Road 235A near County Road 2o54. The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation found that the driver of the tractor-trailer was leaving the Dollar General Distribution Center and turning left onto County Road 235A.
The truck was then struck on its side by a pickup truck going south on CR 235A. The pickup truck driver, a 55-year-old man from Alachua, died at the scene. The tractor-trailer driver, a 34-year-old Ocala man, was not injured in the wreck.
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