A crane truck collided with an SUV near Arcadia on Thursday, leaving two men with minor injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The 70-year-old man driving the Land Rover was traveling northbound on the outside center lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 217 at 1:22 p.m., while a crane truck driven by a 24-year-old man was traveling northbound in the center lane.
The crane truck’s right front tire had a sudden loss of air pressure that resulted in the truck rotating in a clockwise direction and colliding with the left front of the Land Rover , troopers said in a crash report.
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The Land Rover overturned onto its left side and came to a final rest on the east grassy shoulder, and the crane truck rotated clockwise and came to a final rest next to the Range Rover.
Both drivers were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
There have been 4,047 crashes in Sarasota County in 2024. Of those, there have been 36 deaths and 2,454 injuries, according to the Florida Crash Dashboard . In Manatee County there have been 3,722 crashes in 2024 . Of those, there have been 31 deaths and 2,709 injuries.