Articles Tagged with Alachua County

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NEWBERRY, FL – A motorcycle and a pickup truck were involved in a deadly collision in Alachua County on Tuesday night, News4Jax reported.

The Florida Highway Patrol states that a 19-year-old man was riding a motorcycle north on State Road 45 in Newberry when the incident took place at about 8 p.m.   The FHP’s investigation found that the rider was trying to pass cars lawfully when he collided with a Ford F-350 pickup trying to turn left across the highway near SW 46th Avenue.

The motorcyclist, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the Ford, a 46-year-old Newberry man, was not injured in the wreck.  State troopers said he was wearing a seat belt at the time.

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MICANOPY, FL – A collision in Alachua County Wednesday morning left two people injured and disrupted traffic along Interstate 75, according to the Main Street Daily News.

The crash happened on southbound I-75 near the mile marker 374 exit ramp near Micanopy.  The Florida Highway Patrol  said a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer crashed into a Ford pickup truck.

The pickup was parked with no lights activated and was partially blocking the outside lane when the driver of the southbound tractor-trailer swerved to avoid it, but collided with the stopped vehicle.  The tractor-trailer overturned as a result of the impact.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A collision in Alachua County early Monday left one of the drivers dead and the other injured, the Gainesville Sun reported.

A sedan and a tractor-trailer were involved in the wreck at an intersection in Hawthorne at about 5 a.m.  The Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation found the driver of a sedan was going south on County Road 1469 and approached a stop sign at County Road 219A.

The driver of the sedan proceeded from the stop sign and then collided with a northbound semi tractor-trailer that was also approaching the intersection and could not stop in time.  The sedan driver, a 33-year-old man from Earleton, died at the scene.

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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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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – A car wreck in Alachua County on Thursday evening claimed the life of a motorist, according to the Gainesville Sun.

The crash occurred on Interstate 75 north at mile marker 399 north of Gainesville.  The Florida Highway Patrol’s accident report said a driver headed north at about 5:30 p.m. drove his sedan off the roadway.   The vehicle went through the grass shoulder and crashed into an information sign and a tree.

The driver, a 39-year-old man from High Springs, was pronounced dead at the scene.  No other vehicles were involved.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – State troopers said a collision in Alachua County early Tuesday morning left both drivers dead, WCJB reports.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene on Williston Road near Wacahoota Road after the accident occurred at about 4:48 p.m.

The FHP learned that a 30-year-old Gainesville woman was driving south when her car veered into the northbound lanes and crashed into another car head-on

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol has released its report on a fatal car wreck that occurred Saturday morning in southeast Alachua County.

According to the Gainesville Sun, the crash took place on U.S. 441 at County Road 234 West near Micanopy at about 6 a.m.  The FHP’s investigation indicated that the driver of a Kia went off the roadway and crashed into a utility pole.

The driver was thrown from the  vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.  He was a 21-year-old man from Lithia, in Hillsborough County.

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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – Two vehicles were involved in a deadly head-on collision in Alachua County on Sunday evening, WJXT reported.

The wreck occurred shortly before 7 p.m. along State Road 121, where a car crashed into a pickup truck.  The driver of the car, a 48-year-old man from Spring Hill, was killed.  The FHP said he was not wearing a seat belt.

The 61-year-old driver of the pickup sustained minor injuries.  That motorist was wearing a seat belt.

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HIGH SPRINGS, FL – Among the many vehicles damaged across Florida by Hurricane Helene was one of the High Springs Fire Department’s fire trucks.

According to a WCJB report, Tanker 29 was responding to a structure fire during the hurricane when the firefighter on board encountered downed wires on Northwest 185th Street near Plantation Oaks.  While the unit was stopped, it was struck by another tree that toppled more wires.

The firefighter managed to get out of the truck safely and was not injured.  The truck is no longer in service because of the damage it sustained.

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LEVY COUNTY, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said three people were injured, one seriously, in a crash along County Road 345 on Thursday afternoon.

According to the Main Street Daily News, the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was going north at 4:12 p.m. and passed another northbound vehicle.  As she re-entered the northbound lane she lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center lane and entered the southbound lane.

The Chevrolet then collided head-on with a southbound Lexus ES300, causing the Chevrolet to overturn while the Lexus ended up on the shoulder of the roadway.

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